- past tense form of impoverish.
- past participle of impoverish.
impoverished
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Impoverished Guinea has long been blighted by coups and violence from authoritarian regimes.
From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025
Impoverished Pakistan is struggling to recover from record-breaking flooding, which killed more than 1,700 people and damaged roads and bridges.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2022
Impoverished Liberia does not have crime statistics or arrest records, so our data on the men’s behavior was self-reported.
From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022
Impoverished Afghanistan is still struggling with a major debt burden and insufficient supplies, made worse after the Taliban's takeover in August.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2022
Impoverished English noblemen of the seventeenth century took to freebooting, Spanish dons to piracy and search for gold; but for the young French noblesse the way to fortune was by the fur trade.
From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.
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