impoverished
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɑvəɹɪʃt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: im‧pov‧er‧ished
Adjective[edit]
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.
- English has an impoverished inflectional system.
- 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, , 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[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:impoverished
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
with no possessions or money — see poor
Reduced to poverty
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Rendered poor in something
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Verb[edit]
impoverished
- simple past and past participle of impoverish