Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Reduced to poverty; poverty-stricken.
- adjective Deprived of richness or strength; limited or depleted.
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- adjective Reduced to
poverty . - adjective Having lost a
component , aningredient , or afaculty or afeature ; renderedpoor in sth ;depleted . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
impoverish .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective poor enough to need help from others
- adjective destroyed financially
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Examples
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Green Party candidate Claudia Rodriguez-Larrain ran what she described as an impoverished, but spirited campaign out of her home.
Thestar.com - Home Page Brett Popplewell 2011
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The top al-Qaida leader said a new "well-funded" relief organization should be created to study Muslim regions near bodies of water to prevent future flooding, to create development projects in impoverished regions and to work on farming and agriculture to guarantee food security.
Bin Laden Using Pakistan Floods To Drum Up Support For Al Qaeda AP 2010
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As long as the Right-wingers control the state of AL, places like Selma will remain impoverished because any federal, state, or local help is funneled right into the pockets of the GOP, and not It's citizens.
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Child labor, which is a harsh reality for many youngsters in impoverished nations, became his fate at the age of 10.
Fahad Faruqui: Muslims Against Muslims: The Struggle Between God's Worshippers and God's Warriors Fahad Faruqui 2010
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This is the “choice” you bourgeois-libs offer to the uninsured: remain impoverished and you get healthcare.
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The top al-Qaida leader said a new "well-funded" relief organization should be created to study Muslim regions near bodies of water to prevent future flooding, to create development projects in impoverished regions and to work on farming and agriculture to guarantee food security.
Bin Laden Using Pakistan Floods To Drum Up Support For Al Qaeda AP 2010
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It's a cautionary tale and one of revelation, everyone knows these issues are present within impoverished areas, but one doesn't begin to truly care until they see it for themselves.
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The top al-Qaida leader said a new "well-funded" relief organization should be created to study Muslim regions near bodies of water to prevent future flooding, to create development projects in impoverished regions and to work on farming and agriculture to guarantee food security.
Bin Laden Tape: Terror Leader Criticizes Muslim Governments For Military Spending AP 2010
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Indeed, Unmade-up features a piece by a certain impoverished author whom I have on reliable authority subsists on something called cawl (soup), so worth a look.
Writing Maxine 2009
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The top al-Qaida leader said a new "well-funded" relief organization should be created to study Muslim regions near bodies of water to prevent future flooding, to create development projects in impoverished regions and to work on farming and agriculture to guarantee food security.
Bin Laden Tape: Terror Leader Criticizes Muslim Governments For Military Spending AP 2010
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