impoverished

Thân thiện

The family became impoverished after the factory closed.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Made poor; reduced to poverty: Describes a person, group, or area that has been made poor or has become very poor.
   • Deprived of strength, richness, or quality: Describes something that has been made worse in quality, vitality, or resources.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The drought left many farmers impoverished. (The drought caused many farmers to become poor.)
  • He grew up in an impoverished neighborhood. (He grew up in a very poor area.)
  • The overused soil became impoverished and could no longer support crops. (The soil lost its richness and fertility.)

Advanced Usage

• "Impoverished of": Lacking in a specific quality or resource.
  • The translation was accurate but linguistically impoverished. (The translation was correct but lacked richness in language.)
  • A diet impoverished of essential vitamins. (A diet lacking necessary vitamins.)

Variants and Related Words

• Impoverish (verb): To make poor or to exhaust the strength or fertility of.
  • War can impoverish a nation.
• Impoverishment (noun): The process of becoming poor or the state of being poor.
  • The rapid impoverishment of the rural population was alarming.

Synonyms

• Destitute: Lacking the necessities of life; completely impoverished.
• Deprived: Suffering a severe and damaging lack of basic material and cultural benefits.
• Penniless: Having no money; very poor.
• Bankrupt: Financially ruined.

Antonyms

• Wealthy: Having a great deal of money, resources, or assets.
• Affluent: Having a great deal of money; wealthy.
• Fertile (for land/quality): Producing or capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops.

Related Phrases

• Culturally impoverished: Lacking in cultural richness or diversity.
  • The curriculum was criticized for being culturally impoverished.
• Spiritually impoverished: Lacking in spiritual depth or fulfillment.
  • He felt spiritually impoverished despite his material wealth.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. destroyed financially
   • the broken fortunes of the family
2. poor enough to need help from others

Từ đồng nghĩa

• broken
• wiped out
• destitute
• indigent
• necessitous
• needy
• poverty-stricken