impoverished
adjective
im·pov·er·ished
im-ˈpä-v(ə-)risht 
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
Examples of impoverished in a Sentence
the widespread hope that the lottery's record-setting jackpot is won by an impoverished family
an impoverished field that over the years had been overgrazed
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Katherine Dillinger, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
In the meantime, the new administrators warn that the Kennedy Center is impoverished, that the facility has become shoddy and that some of its programming ill serves the American ideal.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2025
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Lib Wright, a young English nurse, arrives in an impoverished Irish village on a strange mission.
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Post-Civil War, however, the nation was tired, and large segments of the population—especially in the South—were impoverished.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Katherine Dillinger, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
In the meantime, the new administrators warn that the Kennedy Center is impoverished, that the facility has become shoddy and that some of its programming ill serves the American ideal.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2025
Buy Now 09 of 10 'The Wonder' by Emma Donoghue
Lib Wright, a young English nurse, arrives in an impoverished Irish village on a strange mission.
—Bailey Seybolt, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Post-Civil War, however, the nation was tired, and large segments of the population—especially in the South—were impoverished.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for impoverished
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“Impoverished.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impoverished. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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