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impoverished

[/ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃt/]
adjective
empobrecido
1. made poor; reduced to poverty
The impoverished communities lack access to basic services.
As comunidades empobrecidas carecem de acesso a serviços básicos.
2. depleted or exhausted of resources or qualities
The soil became impoverished after years of intensive farming.
O solo ficou empobrecido após anos de cultivo intensivo.
3. weakened or made less valuable or interesting
The language was impoverished by the loss of traditional dialects.
A língua foi empobrecida pela perda dos dialetos tradicionais.
NYC Slang
broke; busted; strapped (informal equivalents for the poverty sense)
Synonyms
poordestituteimpecuniousindigentneedydepletedexhausted
Antonyms
wealthyrichaffluentprosperousenriched

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
empobrecido
standard usage throughout Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
empobrecido
same as general Brazilian Portuguese
São Paulo
empobrecido
same as general Brazilian Portuguese
Portugal
empobrecido
standard European Portuguese equivalent

Related Idioms & Phrases

impoverished in spirit
impoverished soil
impoverished vocabulary
reduce to impoverishment
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