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- DictionaryIm·pov·er·ish·ment/imˈpäv(ə)riSHm(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. the process of becoming poor; loss of wealth: "fifteen years of political instability resulted in widespread impoverishment and famine"
IMPOVERISHMENT definition: 1. the condition of being or becoming very poor, or the act of making someone very poor: 2. the…. Learn more.
to make poor; to deprive of strength, richness, or fertility by depleting or draining of something essential… See the full definition
IMPOVERISHMENT meaning: 1. the condition of being or becoming very poor, or the act of making someone very poor: 2. the…. Learn more.
Impoverishment is the state or fact of being extremely poor. A neighborhood's impoverishment is sometimes obvious from its many abandoned buildings.
IMPOVERISH definition: 1. to make someone very poor: 2. to make something weaker or worse in quality: 3. to make someone…. Learn more.
the act of making something worse in quality; the state of being poor in quality. Definition of impoverishment noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Impoverishment is the state or process of being impoverished. ...a meeting of experts on how the impoverishment of Africa can be reversed. National isolation can only cause economic and cultural impoverishment.
verb (used with object) to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war. Antonyms: enrich. to make poor in quality, productiveness, etc.; exhaust the strength or richness of: Bad farming practices impoverished the soil.
impoverishment noun. Definition of impoverish verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Impoverishment definition: The action of <a>impoverishing</a> someone.
