Definition of "impoverished" []

• Reduced to poverty; poverty-stricken. See Synonyms at poor. (adjective)
• Deprived of natural richness or strength; limited or depleted: an impoverished vocabulary; a region impoverished by drought. (adjective)

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• "Green Party candidate Claudia Rodriguez-Larrain ran what she described as an impoverished, but spirited campaign out of her home."
• "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."
• "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."