Haiti is a nation that seems hopelessly impoverished.
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Impoverished
/ɪmˈpɑvəɹɪʃt/
Synonyms for "impoverished" (230 found)
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Adjective(14 words)
Adjective(11 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (69)
dilutedisadvantageddissipateddown at the heeldraineddrydwarfeddwarfisheaten upeffeteemptyempty handedempty-handederodedexhaustedexiguousfamishedfinishedflat brokefleeced
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Adjective(15 words)
dirt poordisadvantageddown and outdown at heeldown on one's luckdown on one's uppersempty-handedfeeling the pinchflathard upimpecuniousin needindigentinsolventlower-class
Noun(1 words)
Related words (115)
miserlynarrownecessitousneedyniggardlyon reliefon short commonsout at elbowspaltryparsimoniouspauperizedpenuriouspinchedpoorpoverty strickenpoverty-strickenpunyruinedscantscanty
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scrawnyscrimpscrimpyshortshorthandedskimpskimpyslenderslightslimsmallsordidsparesparingspartanspentstarvationstarvedstarvelingstarvingstingystintedstone-brokestraitenedstrappedstrippedstuntedsubsistencethinunderfedundermannedundernourishedunderprivilegedunfedunnourishingunnutritiousunprosperousunprovidedunreplenishedunsuppliedup against itused upwastedwateredwaterywiped outworn awayworn outworn-out
Adjective(17 words)
narrownecessitousneediestpauperpoorpoor conditionpoor-resourcepoorerpoorestpoverty-strickenrestrictivesterilethe indigentthe needythe poorthe underprivilegedwiped out
Adjective(24 words)
necessitousneedyooflesspauperizedpennilesspenuriouspinchedpok kaipoorpoor as a church mousepoor as a ratpoor as jobpossessionlesspoverty-riddenpoverty-strickenshillinglessskintstone-brokestony-brokestrapped
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Verb(1 words)
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16 entriesCollocations
18 entriesimpoverish communitiesimpoverish economiesimpoverish householdsimpoverish livelihoodsimpoverish populationsimpoverish resourcesimpoverished areaimpoverished communitiesimpoverished communityimpoverished datasetimpoverished economyimpoverished householdsimpoverished nationsimpoverished populationsimpoverished regionimpoverished regions
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For a long time, society was strongly hierarchical and unequal, primarily composed of peasants. The most backward, impoverished segment of the population, they were crushed by the weight of taxes, wars, and famines.
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The war lasting for years impoverished the country.
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As long as we consider only the growth of goods and ignore the growth of personal and community well-being, we will be impoverished by growth.
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