Impoverished
[ɪm'pɒvərɪʃt] or [ɪm'pɑvərɪʃt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Impoverish
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Examples
- I am an impoverished wretch--the very gaberdine I wear is borrowed from Reuben of Tadcaster. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Lord Raymond was the sole remnant of a noble but impoverished family. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The frontier counties all along the continent having been frequently ravaged by the enemy, and greatly impoverished, are able to pay very little tax. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Great nations are never impoverished by private, though they sometimes are by public prodigality and misconduct. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The scientist is emotionally impoverished. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Ten years of such stupid and confused fighting impoverished all Europe and left the Emperor in possession of Milan. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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