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English
Pronunciation
Adjective
impoverished (comparative more impoverished, superlative most impoverished)
- Reduced to poverty.
- Having lost a component, an ingredient, a faculty or a feature; rendered poor in something; depleted.
2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 488:[I]t was out of print for 28 years, before an edition (now rare) was published in 1960, impoverished by having all citations removed.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
with no possessions or money
— see poorRendered poor in something
Verb
impoverished
- simple past and past participle of impoverish