Impoverish
verb
To make someone poor.
The king's high taxes impoverished his people.
Often appears as...
- impoverish a country
- impoverish the people
verb
To make an area, system or method ineffective or weak.
Over-farming can impoverish the soil.
Often appears as...
- impoverish the soil
- impoverish the land
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To make someone poor.
The king's high taxes impoverished his people.
Often appears as...
- impoverish a country
- impoverish the people
verb
To make an area, system or method ineffective or weak.
Over-farming can impoverish the soil.
Often appears as...
- impoverish the soil
- impoverish the land
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Economic Impact
Often used to describe actions or policies that significantly lower people's financial stability.
The new trade restrictions could impoverish the local market.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Instant
Impoverishment is usually a process over time, not a single event.
These policies slowly impoverished the entire region.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Nuance
Can imply neglect or indifference from those in power.
The corrupt government had impoverished its citizens for decades.
Pro Tip 1/3Economic Impact
Often used to describe actions or policies that significantly lower people's financial stability.
The new trade restrictions could impoverish the local market.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Instant
Impoverishment is usually a process over time, not a single event.
These policies slowly impoverished the entire region.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Nuance
Can imply neglect or indifference from those in power.
The corrupt government had impoverished its citizens for decades.
Pro Tip 1/3Economic Impact
Often used to describe actions or policies that significantly lower people's financial stability.
The new trade restrictions could impoverish the local market.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Instant
Impoverishment is usually a process over time, not a single event.
These policies slowly impoverished the entire region.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Nuance
Can imply neglect or indifference from those in power.
The corrupt government had impoverished its citizens for decades.
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Depression, the secret...
Depression is the result of a genetic vulnerability, which is presumably evenly distributed in the population, and triggering circumstances, which are likely to be more severe for people who are impoverished. And yet it turns out that if you have a really lovely life but feel miserable all the time, you think, "Why do I feel like this?
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A radical plan to end...
That's half a trillion dollars which could go into business and could create jobs and opportunities and wealth right across the world, particularly in the most impoverished. Yet we throw it away. So this would allow the big companies to invest in recycling plants literally all over the world -- All over the world.
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The paradox of choice PIPE...
Impoverished imagination, a myopic view of the world -- that's the way I read it at first. The more I thought about it, however, the more I came to the view that this fish knows something. Because the truth of the matter is, if you shatter the fishbowl so that everything is possible,
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The illusion of...
He didn't mention the speed. Your eye is constantly in motion, moving around, looking at eyes, noses, elbows, looking at interesting things in the world. And where your eye isn't looking, you're remarkably impoverished in your vision. That's because the foveal part of your eye,
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Why Brexit happened --...
under almost all circumstances. But we also have to be very aware that there are redistributive consequences, that importantly, low-skilled immigration can lead to a reduction in wages for the most impoverished in our societies and also put pressure on house prices.
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Embrace: Low-cost,...
are blamed for these deaths I now know that a mother no matter how poor no matter how impoverished no matter how uneducated will go to any lengths to save her baby if there are this many babies still dying there's something deeply wrong with the solutions and the
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How to recognize a...
ruling over impoverished masses. The new century brought more exciting and terrifying changes. Medical advances made it possible to transcend biological limits while mass media allowed instant communication between leaders and the public.
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Meet a Beautiful Beetle...
if you see that shiny exoskeleton these green emerald shiny beetle in the sunlight it's just so amazing that a beetle that lives in poop all of its life is so pretty the dung beetle fauna in Colorado is very poor is impoverished
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Exploring the Venus Fly...
impoverished waterlogged soil that they supplemented with the bodies of animals their traps are also formed from leaves but leaves that have been folded lengthways to make a vertical tube which fills with water
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The hidden treasures of...
As desertification and war impoverished the region, families held on to the ancient books even as they faced desperate poverty and near-starvation. Even today, the struggle to protect the books continues.
Video examples
Depression, the secret...
Depression is the result of a genetic vulnerability, which is presumably evenly distributed in the population, and triggering circumstances, which are likely to be more severe for people who are impoverished. And yet it turns out that if you have a really lovely life but feel miserable all the time, you think, "Why do I feel like this?
Video examples
A radical plan to end...
That's half a trillion dollars which could go into business and could create jobs and opportunities and wealth right across the world, particularly in the most impoverished. Yet we throw it away. So this would allow the big companies to invest in recycling plants literally all over the world -- All over the world.
Video examples
The paradox of choice PIPE...
Impoverished imagination, a myopic view of the world -- that's the way I read it at first. The more I thought about it, however, the more I came to the view that this fish knows something. Because the truth of the matter is, if you shatter the fishbowl so that everything is possible,
Video examples
The illusion of...
He didn't mention the speed. Your eye is constantly in motion, moving around, looking at eyes, noses, elbows, looking at interesting things in the world. And where your eye isn't looking, you're remarkably impoverished in your vision. That's because the foveal part of your eye,
Video examples
Why Brexit happened --...
under almost all circumstances. But we also have to be very aware that there are redistributive consequences, that importantly, low-skilled immigration can lead to a reduction in wages for the most impoverished in our societies and also put pressure on house prices.
Video examples
Embrace: Low-cost,...
are blamed for these deaths I now know that a mother no matter how poor no matter how impoverished no matter how uneducated will go to any lengths to save her baby if there are this many babies still dying there's something deeply wrong with the solutions and the
Video examples
How to recognize a...
ruling over impoverished masses. The new century brought more exciting and terrifying changes. Medical advances made it possible to transcend biological limits while mass media allowed instant communication between leaders and the public.
Video examples
Meet a Beautiful Beetle...
if you see that shiny exoskeleton these green emerald shiny beetle in the sunlight it's just so amazing that a beetle that lives in poop all of its life is so pretty the dung beetle fauna in Colorado is very poor is impoverished
Video examples
Exploring the Venus Fly...
impoverished waterlogged soil that they supplemented with the bodies of animals their traps are also formed from leaves but leaves that have been folded lengthways to make a vertical tube which fills with water
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The hidden treasures of...
As desertification and war impoverished the region, families held on to the ancient books even as they faced desperate poverty and near-starvation. Even today, the struggle to protect the books continues.
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N. K. Jemisin
American Writer
My first series, the 'Inheritance' trilogy, in the first book, you were dealing with a woman of color from an impoverished culture, being brought up among wealthy, privileged white people and having to cope and perform in ways that she has not been raised to do, and that was obviously drawn from some personal experiences.
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Lynn Schusterman
American
I believe that as we face unparalleled prosperity in some quarters and deep impoverishment in others, it is the willingness of the next generation to bridge the gap between the two that will return us to our sense of purpose and focus.
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Niger Innis
American Activist
We must stop trying to protect our planet from every imaginable, exaggerated or imaginary risk. And we must stop trying to protect it on the backs, and the graves, of the nation's and world's most powerless and impoverished people.
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Jalen Rose
American Athlete
For those that reach out to try to help others, the less fortunate, those that are impoverished, those that feel like they need a pick-me-up, for somebody to have that extra energy to do that, I really have admiration for him.
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Jeremy Corbyn
British Politician
We oppose the benefit cap. We oppose social cleansing. We will bring the welfare bill down by controlling rents and boosting wages, not by impoverishing families and socially cleansing our communities.
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John Ortberg
American Clergyman
I wrote 'Soul Keeping' because we are taught more about how to care for our cars than how to steward our souls. But you cannot have an impactful life with an impoverished soul.
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John Legend
American Musician
When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.
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Gloria Reuben
Canadian Actress
Mountaintop removal coal operations enrich only a handful of elites while impoverishing everyone else in their proximity.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished.
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Mike Gallagher
American Critic
For many impoverished people, living under a tarp or in a cardboard box is a way of life.
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N. K. Jemisin
American Writer
My first series, the 'Inheritance' trilogy, in the first book, you were dealing with a woman of color from an impoverished culture, being brought up among wealthy, privileged white people and having to cope and perform in ways that she has not been raised to do, and that was obviously drawn from some personal experiences.
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Lynn Schusterman
American
I believe that as we face unparalleled prosperity in some quarters and deep impoverishment in others, it is the willingness of the next generation to bridge the gap between the two that will return us to our sense of purpose and focus.
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Niger Innis
American Activist
We must stop trying to protect our planet from every imaginable, exaggerated or imaginary risk. And we must stop trying to protect it on the backs, and the graves, of the nation's and world's most powerless and impoverished people.
Quote examples
Jalen Rose
American Athlete
For those that reach out to try to help others, the less fortunate, those that are impoverished, those that feel like they need a pick-me-up, for somebody to have that extra energy to do that, I really have admiration for him.
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Jeremy Corbyn
British Politician
We oppose the benefit cap. We oppose social cleansing. We will bring the welfare bill down by controlling rents and boosting wages, not by impoverishing families and socially cleansing our communities.
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John Ortberg
American Clergyman
I wrote 'Soul Keeping' because we are taught more about how to care for our cars than how to steward our souls. But you cannot have an impactful life with an impoverished soul.
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John Legend
American Musician
When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.
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Gloria Reuben
Canadian Actress
Mountaintop removal coal operations enrich only a handful of elites while impoverishing everyone else in their proximity.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished.
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Mike Gallagher
American Critic
For many impoverished people, living under a tarp or in a cardboard box is a way of life.
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