SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
impoverish
verb
To make poor or seriously reduce available resources.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
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Usage distinction
Return to topPauperize and beggar concern poverty; figurative impoverishment reduces richness, quality, or available resources.
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See impoverish in use
Years of neglect can impoverish a community's cultural life.
Selling most of the shared equipment to pay an unrelated bill would further impoverish the workshop's resources.
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