Definitions for impoverished
ɪmˈpɒv ər ɪʃt, -ˈpɒv rɪʃtim·pov·er·ished

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken(adj)

   poor enough to need help from others

2. broken, wiped out(p), impoverished(adj)

   destroyed financially

   "the broken fortunes of the family"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. impoverished(Adjective)

   Reduced to poverty.

2. impoverished(Adjective)

   Having lost a component, an ingredient, or a faculty or a feature ; rendered poor in sth ; depleted.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Impoverished

   of Impoverish

How to pronounce impoverished?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of impoverished in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of impoverished in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of impoverished in a Sentence

1. Ed Lindeman:

   If you don't go far enough back in memory or far enough ahead in hope, your future will be impoverished.

2. Richard Milhous Nixon:

   If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished. (Proposal to reform welfare programs)

3. Roland Barthes:

   To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of hysteria where language is both too much and too little, excessive and impoverished.

4. Fernando Melendez:

   The only thing foreign companies have done is pollute and foment distrust among local populations, we don't see any benefits and remain an impoverished region.

5. Rebeca Blanco-Grijalva:

   I am a third-grade teacher in an impoverished elementary school, my students are inquisitive, voracious readers who are craving to discover the newest adventure in their favorite book series.

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