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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"
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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.
the act or result of making something weaker or worse in quality: The overuse of chemical fertilizers has caused impoverishment of the soil. cultural / economic / spiritual impoverishment. All too often these attempts have resulted in an impoverishment of the subject. Fewer examples. There was widespread impoverishment of tenants and small farmers.
6 days ago · 1. verb. Something that impoverishes a person or a country makes them poor. We need to reduce the burden of taxes that impoverish the economy. [VERB noun] ...a society impoverished by wartime inflation. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: bankrupt, ruin, beggar, break More Synonyms of impoverish. impoverished adjective.
Define impoverishment. impoverishment synonyms, impoverishment pronunciation, impoverishment translation, English dictionary definition of impoverishment. tr.v. im·pov·er·ished , im·pov·er·ish·ing , im·pov·er·ish·es 1. To reduce to poverty; make poor. 2. To deprive of richness or strength: impoverish the soil...
overrated not as good or important as some people think or say. impoverish meaning, definition, what is impoverish: to make someone very poor: Learn more.
impoverishment. Definition of impoverish verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to make poor in quality, productiveness, etc.; exhaust the strength or richness of: Bad farming practices impoverished the soil. Middle French empovriss- (long stem of empovrir ), equivalent. to em- em - 1 + povre poor + -iss - ish2. late Middle English empoverishen 1400–50. im•pov′er•ish•er, n. im•pov′er•ish•ment, n.
