Synonyms for impoverished
ɪmˈpɒv ər ɪʃt, -ˈpɒv rɪʃtim·pov·er·ished

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1. impoverished

   Synonyms:
   deficient, drained, exhausted, inadequate, insufficient, mean, miserly, narrow, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, scrimped, short, small, sparing, stingy, straitened

   Antonyms:
   abounding, abundant, adequate, affluent, ample, bounteous, bountiful, complete, copious, enough, exuberant, full, generous, large, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, overflowing, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, replete, rich, sufficient, teeming

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1. destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-strickenadjective

   poor enough to need help from others

   Synonyms:
   needy, innocent, indigent, barren, wiped out(p), devoid, necessitous, broken, free, poverty-stricken, destitute

   Antonyms:
   rich, preserved

2. broken, wiped out(p), impoverishedadjective

   destroyed financially

   "the broken fortunes of the family"

   Antonyms:
   preserved, rich

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1. List of paraphrases for "impoverished":

   depleted, poor, depauperate, poverty, destitute, disadvantaged, poverty-stricken, impoverishment

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1. Mark Ridley-Thomas:

   This data is stunning from the perspective that we had hoped that things would be trending differently, but we will not ignore our realities, no one can ignore the income insecurity, the financial stress that is being experienced throughout the population. ... This is a state that is the wealthiest in the nation, and, at the same time, it is the most impoverished.

2. Richard Milhous Nixon:

   If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished. (Proposal to reform welfare programs)

3. Louis-Ferdinand Céline:

   This instinctive repulsion which tradespeople inspire in men of sensitive feeling is one of the very rare consolations for being so impoverished which are given to those of us who don't sell anything to anybody.

4. Veronica Hinton:

   Given that multiple factors seem to contribute to falling in the lower 5 percent on school readiness measures - including living in an impoverished household, primary language other than English, lower maternal education, and black maternal race, as well as late preterm (birth) - it is reasonable to believe that the reasons why some late preterm children are at risk are multi-factorial.

5. Frank Lloyd Wright:

   The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.