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Impoverished

/ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃt/

To make poor.

📖 Definitions of "Impoverished"

verb
  1. 1

    To make poor.

  2. 2

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

    "That exuberant crop quickly impoverishes any fertile soil."

  3. 3

    To become poor.

adjective
  1. 1

    Reduced to poverty.

  2. 2

    Having 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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