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made weaker or worse in quality: He warned that the breakdown of the family unit would lead to an impoverished society. Synonyms. destitute. hard up informal. impecunious formal. indigent formal. needy. penniless. penurious formal. poor (NO MONEY) poverty-stricken. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
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.
Impoverished describes being really, really poor, either from having no money or being in bad health. A person who lives on the street is impoverished, and a country may become impoverished after a devastating war.
adjective. reduced to poverty. (of a country, area, etc.) having few trees, flowers, birds, wild animals, etc. deprived of strength, vitality, creativeness, etc.: an impoverished attempt at humor. Discover More.
made weaker or worse in quality: He warned that the breakdown of the family unit would lead to an impoverished society. Synonyms. destitute. hard up informal. impecunious formal. indigent formal. needy. penniless. penurious formal. poor (NO MONEY) poverty-stricken. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Definition of impoverished adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. made poor or with diminished quality of life. one of the most impoverished suburbs of the city. an attempt to lure businesses into impoverished areas. 2. (of soil) deprived of fertility. The sparse vegetation clearly has a tough time extracting the most meagre rations from its impoverished soil. Collins English Dictionary.
Pledged aid to the impoverished, war-torn country. Deprived of richness or strength; limited or depleted. An impoverished vocabulary. Having lost a component, an ingredient, or a faculty or a feature; rendered poor in something; depleted. Simple past tense and past participle of impoverish.
to make someone very poor: The new law is likely to further impoverish single parents. He was made to pay a ruinous fine that impoverished his family. to make something weaker or worse in quality: Excessive farming had impoverished the soil. Our cultural heritage would be impoverished by the absence of Mozart. See.
Define impoverished. impoverished synonyms, impoverished pronunciation, impoverished translation, English dictionary definition of impoverished. adj. 1. Reduced to poverty; poverty-stricken: pledged aid to the impoverished, war-torn country.
