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Synonyms for impoverished
ɪmˈpɒv ər ɪʃt, -ˈpɒv rɪʃtim·pov·er·ished
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
impoverished
Synonyms:
deficient, drained, exhausted, inadequate, insufficient, mean, miserly, narrow, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, scrimped, short, small, sparing, stingy, straitenedAntonyms:
abounding, abundant, adequate, affluent, ample, bounteous, bountiful, complete, copious, enough, exuberant, full, generous, large, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, overflowing, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, replete, rich, sufficient, teeming
Princeton's WordNet
destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-strickenadjective
poor enough to need help from others
Synonyms:
needy, innocent, indigent, barren, wiped out(p), devoid, necessitous, broken, free, poverty-stricken, destitutebroken, wiped out(p), impoverishedadjective
destroyed financially
"the broken fortunes of the family"
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "impoverished":
depleted, poor, depauperate, poverty, destitute, disadvantaged, poverty-stricken, impoverishment
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#42 | free | |
#350 | small | |
#746 | short | |
#1008 | mean | |
#1711 | poor | |
#2535 | broken | |
#3761 | poverty | |
#3889 | narrow | |
#7271 | innocent | |
#10208 | inadequate | |
#10242 | insufficient | |
#14135 | disadvantaged | |
#14778 | exhausted | |
#15777 | scarce | |
#16860 | drained | |
#17142 | deficient | |
#19779 | needy | |
#21173 | depleted | |
#24547 | barren | |
#27252 | devoid | |
#30192 | impoverished | |
#35529 | indigent | |
#37666 | scant | |
#43391 | destitute | |
#44975 | sparing | |
#49769 | stingy | |
#67164 | scanty | |
#84828 | impoverishment | |
#113305 | miserly | |
#188960 | straitened | |
#226840 | niggardly |
How to use impoverished in a sentence?
It's hard to see how impoverished people, unfamiliar with the workings of this government, of this country, are going to find lawyers, it seems like a pyrrhic offering to say that an individual hearing is of any benefit to them.
When a very high profile tech person is murdered, it is just going to get more publicity than if it was an impoverished person in a neighborhood of color, it’s just low-hanging fruit. Nobody wants to look at actual statistics. Most of the states and counties with the highest level of crime statistics are in red states versus blue states.
I am a third-grade teacher in an impoverished elementary school, my students are inquisitive, voracious readers who are craving to discover the newest adventure in their favorite book series.
The only thing foreign companies have done is pollute and foment distrust among local populations, we don't see any benefits and remain an impoverished region.
The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.
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