impoverished
Example Sentences
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For a tiny and impoverished island of about 10 million people, Cuba’s security and intelligence structure is enormous—with about 100,000 officers, said García, the former Cuban intelligence agent.
Orphaned as a teenager in an impoverished fishing village in Kent, Ishmaelle takes to the seas, disguising herself as a boy to do so.
From Los Angeles Times
The impoverished West African nation of more than 14 million people -- ruled by Doumbouya since a 2021 coup -- is home to vast deposits of key minerals.
From Barron's
González saw a role for the United States: “To help us deal with this social drama of an impoverished country.”
From Los Angeles Times
Yemen's civil war broke out in 2014 and has plunged the already impoverished country into years of deadly violence and one of the world's worst hunger crises.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
