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impoverished
01
(of people and areas) experiencing extreme poverty
Grammatical Information
Composition
past participle adjective
qualitative
Superlative
most impoverished
Comparative
more impoverished
gradable
Examples
The prolonged drought left the once-thriving agricultural community impoverished, with failing crops and diminishing incomes.
02
having a limited number of species or individuals within a particular ecosystem or population
Examples
Pollution in the river resulted in an impoverished aquatic ecosystem, causing a decline in the number and variety of fish and other aquatic organisms.
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