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im·pov·er·ished    Audio Help   [im-pov-er-isht, -pov-risht] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.reduced to poverty.
2.(of a country, area, etc.) having few trees, flowers, birds, wild animals, etc.
3.deprived of strength, vitality, creativeness, etc.: an impoverished attempt at humor.
[Origin: 1625–35; impoverish + -ed2]

—Synonyms 1. See poor.
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  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  impoverished
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  barren, bereft, broke, destitute, empty, indigent, needy, penurious, poor, pauperized
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  depressed
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Economically and socially below standard.
Synonyms:  backward, deprived, disadvantaged, underprivileged
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  poor
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Having little or no money or wealth.
Synonyms:  beggarly, destitute, down-and-out, impecunious, indigent, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poverty-stricken
Idioms:  hard up, on one's uppers
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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