impoverished
adjective
im·pov·er·ished
im-ˈpä-v(ə-)risht 
1
: reduced to poverty : poor
an impoverished family/community
2
: exhausted of richness or fertility
impoverished soils
3
of a fauna or flora
: represented by few species or individuals
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Examples of impoverished in a Sentence
the widespread hope that the lottery's record-setting jackpot is won by an impoverished family
an impoverished field that over the years had been overgrazed
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In Delhi, impoverished kids are learning to love reading and math, thanks to a police officer’s makeshift school.
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Shefali Rafiq, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
Assad’s fall ends more than six decades of Baath Party rule that sought to center Syria as a leader in the Arab world, but instead left it corruption-riddled and impoverished.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Its only chance of becoming the tolerant,multi-ethnic Jewel of the Levant again would be if Hezbollah's vicious grip on power has been released, and Iran is too weak and too impoverished to bolster the country's destructive forces again.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Such conflicts seem rooted in misunderstanding, leading rap artists – many of whom rose out of impoverished circumstances – fearful over whether adverse publicity can damage their livelihood to (wrongly) lash out.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
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Shefali Rafiq, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
Assad’s fall ends more than six decades of Baath Party rule that sought to center Syria as a leader in the Arab world, but instead left it corruption-riddled and impoverished.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Its only chance of becoming the tolerant,multi-ethnic Jewel of the Levant again would be if Hezbollah's vicious grip on power has been released, and Iran is too weak and too impoverished to bolster the country's destructive forces again.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Such conflicts seem rooted in misunderstanding, leading rap artists – many of whom rose out of impoverished circumstances – fearful over whether adverse publicity can damage their livelihood to (wrongly) lash out.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Impoverished.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impoverished. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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