Impoverished

verb

/ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃt/

Word Frequency: 2.7

Definitions

1.verbTo make poor.

2.verbTo weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness.

"That exuberant crop quickly impoverishes any fertile soil."

3.verbTo become poor.

4.adjectiveReduced to poverty.

5.adjectiveHaving lost a component, an ingredient, or a faculty or a feature; rendered poor in something; depleted.

"English has an impoverished inflectional system."

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