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impoverished
/ɪmpˈɒvəɹɪʃt/
/ˌɪmˈpɑvɹɪʃt/
Examples
1. Many people in impoverished regions live hand to mouth, relying on daily wages to survive.
2. The committee members promised to put the fund behind a development scheme for the impoverished area.
3. Her mother was impoverished.
4. Ironically, the disease most often afflicts impoverished people, because of a lack of proper nutrition and hygiene.
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