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Meanings of impoverished in English

Poor enough to need help from others.

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        Destroyed financially.

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              Reduced to poverty, having lost one's wealth.

                    Usage of impoverished in English
                    1
                    Many impoverished Zimbabweans hope a unity government would start an economic recovery.
                    Reuters
                    2
                    Or maybe an impoverished African nation with a poorly developed health service?
                    The Irish Times
                    3
                    However, most campaigns to curb population growth are targeted toward impoverished nations.
                    Feminist dot com
                    4
                    Only Seoul, he said, could help save the impoverished state from ruin.
                    Reuters
                    5
                    R. Lamb considerably impoverished himself in enclosing the ground; and the Rev.
                    Our Churches and Chapels: Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregation...
                    6
                    Oil production, a vital revenue source for the impoverished nation, has plummeted.
                    Reuters
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                    Some enjoy every capitalist delight, while others live in impoverished Soviet conditions.
                    The new yorker
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                    They believe that meeting those demands could transform this small, impoverished country.
                    The Guardian
                    9
                    Several militant groups thrive in the impoverished, rural areas of Pakistan's heartland.
                    Reuters
                    10
                    China's relentless investment offensive in Africa has been welcomed by impoverished countries.
                    Reuters
                    11
                    Little historical material was kept and the result is an impoverished archive.
                    The Irish Times
                    12
                    The people now residing in the late rebellious States are generally impoverished.
                    Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. /...
                    13
                    The close of the war found the country both impoverished and exhausted.
                    The History of Education / Educational Practice and Progress Con...
                    14
                    In the meantime he had to meet the claims, and was impoverished.
                    For Fortune and Glory: A Story of the Soudan War
                    15
                    The South had been terribly impoverished and saddled with new social burdens.
                    The Negro
                    16
                    Yet even the most impoverished families were slow to turn to charity.
                    American-made: the enduring legacy of the wpa : when fdr put the...
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                    Ireland
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                    United States of America
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                    United Kingdom
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