impoverished

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In 1971, he said that by “the year 2000 the United Kingdom will be simply a small group of impoverished islands, inhabited by some 70 million hungry people.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

The Senate report tracked at least 25 countries that have received or made deals to take third country nationals as deportees, including remote Uzbekistan and impoverished South Sudan.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

"We've seen impoverished support for SEN services, there are serious maintenance issues," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

As an impoverished and ailing Mozart struggles to complete his “Requiem” before his death at the age of 35, Salieri is torn between his fidelity to music and his loyalty to his own career.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

It made her feel like being here in this bombed-out, impoverished nation was the best experience she would ever have in her life and like her hungry stomach was just an adventure.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata