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impoverished::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | destitute, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken |
Examples of impoverished
impoverished
The extremely impoverished struggle with different issues than the working poor.
From the stltoday.com
Despite its gas wealth, much of Turkmenistan's population is still impoverished.
From the bbc.co.uk
Certainly they are better off than when they were impoverished starving chattel.
From the latimes.com
The group had intended to provide general medical help to impoverished Haitians.
From the sacbee.com
The leaders say the fund will go toward developing their impoverished economies.
From the sacbee.com
Another 800,000 children in the impoverished island country live on the streets.
From the newsobserver.com
Often, schools that serve impoverished areas struggle to meet achievement goals.
From the sltrib.com
At the bottom come such impoverished states as Guinea-Bissau, Myanmar and Congo.
From the economist.com
He has since vowed to place top priority on his impoverished country's military.
From the charlotteobserver.com
- Make poor
- Deprive: take away
- (impoverished) destitute: poor enough to need help from others
- (impoverished) broken: destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family"
- (impoverishment) poverty: the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
- (impoverishment) pauperization: the act of making someone poor
- (Impoverished) Poverty is the lack of basic human needs, such as clean water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter, because of the inability to afford them. This is also referred to as absolute poverty or destitution. ...
- (impoverished) Reduced to poverty; Having lost a component, an ingredient, or a faculty or a feature ; rendered poor in sth ; depleted
- (impoverished) very poor, without money
