immiseration
noun
im·mis·er·a·tion
(ˌ)i(m)-ˌmi-zə-ˈrā-shən 
: the act of making miserable
immiserate
transitive verb
immiserated; immiserating; immiserates
What Keynes would have found most disheartening, perhaps, is how economic theory has been used to immiserate the lives of the bottom half of the population.
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Charles R. Morris
Charles R. Morris
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Robeson’s pursuit of racial equality, for everybody, won him persecution and immiseration and derailed his career.
—Wesley Morris, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023
But then there’s a whole mess of affordability and displacement and financial immiseration that can really only be solved by tackling the problem of housing.
—The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
Such proximity to immiseration likely contributes to the sense of desperation on display at these gatherings.
—Adam Fleming Petty, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
El Moussa and Haack are flippers in Southern California who are alternately presented as hapless and cunning in their efforts to turn a quick profit while navigating the same landscape of immiseration.
—Curbed, 18 Mar. 2022
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Wesley Morris, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023
But then there’s a whole mess of affordability and displacement and financial immiseration that can really only be solved by tackling the problem of housing.
—The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
Such proximity to immiseration likely contributes to the sense of desperation on display at these gatherings.
—Adam Fleming Petty, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
El Moussa and Haack are flippers in Southern California who are alternately presented as hapless and cunning in their efforts to turn a quick profit while navigating the same landscape of immiseration.
—Curbed, 18 Mar. 2022
See All Example Sentences for immiseration
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“Immiseration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immiseration. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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