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as in poor
lacking money or material possessions
the widespread hope that the lottery's record-setting jackpot is won by an impoverished family
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as in desolate
producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation
an impoverished field that over the years had been overgrazed
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as in pauperized
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as in depleted
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Recent Examples of impoverished
Randy Myers, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
Inevitably, this natural nobility comes into tragic conflict with the order of official power and with the disorder of impoverished striving.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
These holdings required the intense labor of impoverished farmworkers who were often forced from their traditional lands.
—Aaron Coy Moulton, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
Almost every child who goes into foster care is impoverished and almost all leave foster care broke.
—Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 12 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
Born in Manchester, England, the impoverished Lee went against the grain of the times.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
Inevitably, this natural nobility comes into tragic conflict with the order of official power and with the disorder of impoverished striving.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
These holdings required the intense labor of impoverished farmworkers who were often forced from their traditional lands.
—Aaron Coy Moulton, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
Almost every child who goes into foster care is impoverished and almost all leave foster care broke.
—Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impoverished
Adjective
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Evening people were 79% more likely to have poor overall heart health compared with those in the intermediate group, the study found.—
Dr. Joseph Wendt,
ABC News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Audits have identified poor planning, weak oversight, and insufficient monitoring of quality and cost.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Gibney illustrates that state of waiting, of staving off what at that time appears to be the inevitable, with the famous sequence from Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal, in which Max von Sydow’s medieval knight plays chess with Death on a desolate beach.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Jan. 2026
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Tautly written, this first novel by a former criminal lawyer who spent 17 years in the Arctic is a hard look at the desolate lives of people resigned to life in the bleak far north.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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The office tasked with helping to oversee the ICE pilot program was also depleted.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Department of Angels, an independent nonprofit created in the aftermath of the January wildfires, said in a statement that while 90% of survivors plan to rebuild nearly half have depleted their savings since the fires began.—
David Wilson,
Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Harvey continued to start Dickey for the playoffs — if the wheel ain’t broke, don’t fix it — and Seattle won two 1-0 games to make the NWSL Final against Gotham FC.—
Steve Goldberg,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Jan. 2026
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Azamat and Tansholpan are completely broke.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2026
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The president cites national security concerns—despite existing approvals to expand militarily—and the potentially rich natural resources on the icy, largely barren territory.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
21 Jan. 2026
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And where there was once snow and ice just a few decades ago, there are now areas of shrub, along with barren rock and wetlands, the 2024 study reported.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
17 Jan. 2026
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Frankly, this ruined my birthday for me for the next forty years.—
Gaby Iori
January 27,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Knowing what not to wash together can save plenty of headaches (and ruined garments and linens) down the line.—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
27 Jan. 2026
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Montoya Sanchez said the protest was organized internally by the families exhausted by the long detention and conditions that advocates say have included food with worms, constant illness and insufficient medical access.—
Valerie Gonzalez,
Twin Cities,
25 Jan. 2026
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With costs accelerating and incremental fixes exhausted, healthcare is approaching a breaking point.—
Robert Pearl,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Tautly written, this first novel by a former criminal lawyer who spent 17 years in the Arctic is a hard look at the desolate lives of people resigned to life in the bleak far north.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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Both Bird and Clausen play this mounting nightmare with the appropriate ache and desperation, elevating the emotional tenor of Chiarella’s sad, frequently bleak film.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Impoverished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impoverished. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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