impoverished C1 Topic:Money & Finance US /ɪmˈpɑvəɹɪʃt/ UK /ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃt/ See IPA manual Freq #27029 Meanings 1 adj Very poor; lacking money. The charity provides clean water to impoverished communities. 2 adj Made poorer in quality by losing something important. Years of overfarming have left the soil impoverished. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · very poor; lacking money. needy More almslessarmbankruptbeggaredbeggarlyboracicbrokebrokendepauperatedestitutedisadvantagedempty-handed ↔ Opposites affluentflushloadedpecuniousrichwealthywell-fixedwell-heeledwell-offwell-to-do Word family Derived forms impoverishedlyimpoverishednessunimpoverished Related forms pauperpovertyunderemployedunderprivilegedunemployed Topics Money & Finance Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # impoverished **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ɪmˈpɑvəɹɪʃt/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃt/ **Frequency rank:** 27029 ## Meanings 1. Very poor; lacking money. 2. Made poorer in quality by losing something important. ## Examples - The charity provides clean water to impoverished communities. - Years of overfarming have left the soil impoverished. ## Synonyms - almsless - arm - bankrupt - beggared - beggarly - boracic - broke - broken - depauperate - destitute - disadvantaged - empty-handed ## Antonyms - affluent - flush - loaded - pecunious - rich - wealthy - well-fixed - well-heeled - well-off - well-to-do ## Derived Forms - impoverishedly - impoverishedness - unimpoverished ## Related Forms - pauper - poverty - underemployed - underprivileged - unemployed ## Topics - Money & Finance - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown