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synonyms for impoverished

  • barren
  • destitute
  • distressed
  • indigent
  • needy
  • poverty-stricken
  • strapped
  • bankrupt
  • beggared
  • broke
  • clean
  • depleted
  • drained
  • empty
  • hurting
  • reduced
  • ruined
  • spent
  • flat
  • flat broke
  • have-not
  • impecunious
  • insolvent
  • necessitous
  • penurious
  • played-out
  • sterile
On this page you'll find 70 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to impoverished, such as: barren, destitute, distressed, indigent, needy, and poverty-stricken.

antonyms for impoverished

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  • rich
  • wealthy
  • enlarged
  • full
  • increased
  • saved
  • solvent
  • enriched
  • plentiful
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How to use impoverished in a sentence

Pelletier took no action against Letourneau, who was appointed to represent impoverished clients in 470 cases between 2010 and 2016 while working for the commission.
SHE WAS AFRAID OF HER LAWYER. THEN THE TEXT MESSAGES STARTED.BY SAMANTHA HOGAN, THE MAINE MONITOROCTOBER 8, 2020PROPUBLICA
For decades after Gideon, the state allowed judges to assign and pay private attorneys to represent impoverished defendants.
MAINE HIRES LAWYERS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS TO DEFEND ITS POOREST RESIDENTSBY SAMANTHA HOGAN, THE MAINE MONITOR, WITH DATA ANALYSIS BY AGNEL PHILIPOCTOBER 6, 2020PROPUBLICA
People couldn’t move their families because, as law enforcement officers said when asked, over 80 percent of these target areas are impoverished.
WHILE WE’RE RETHINKING POLICING, IT’S TIME TO END GANG INJUNCTIONSJAMIE WILSONSEPTEMBER 15, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
The islands became BIOT, and their inhabitants were dumped, impoverished, on Mauritius and the Seychelles.
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Then, as today, the epidemic fell most heavily on the inhabitants of impoverished inner-city areas.
EPIDEMICS HAVE OFTEN LED TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MINORITIES – THIS TIME IS NO DIFFERENTLGBTQ-EDITORJUNE 9, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWS
The companies are declared to be impoverished by the taking of inordinate numbers of apprentices.
THE INFLUENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH GILDSFRANCIS AIDEN HIBBERT
In the first place the companies saw their stock become rapidly impoverished, and themselves on the verge of bankruptcy.
THE INFLUENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH GILDSFRANCIS AIDEN HIBBERT
A million immigrants came from impoverished Europe in the four succeeding years, begging for freedom and a place to live.
DAVID LANNARCK, MIDGETGEORGE S. HARNEY
He was translated to the archbishopric of York, leaving his bishopric in a very impoverished state.
BELL'S CATHEDRALS: THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CARLISLEC. KING ELEY
She was weary of the doctor's shop-talk, the impoverished blood of conversation, the dislocated joint of utterance.
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WORDS RELATED TO IMPOVERISHED

  • bankrupt
  • busted
  • destitute
  • dirt poor
  • flat broke
  • impoverished
  • in need of
  • indigent
  • needy
  • poor
  • poverty-stricken
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.