- past participle of impoverish.
- past tense form of impoverish.
impoverished
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Montefiore, the author writes, later supported “the impoverished Jews in the Holy Land and in 1860 built the first Jewish village outside the walls of Jerusalem.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Pruett, who gave birth to Landers’ father, Corky, at 15, had a tough and impoverished youth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
He was the genuine artifact, the son of an impoverished Minnesota miner; a lumberjack and a steelworker in his youth.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
It also called for "economic stabilisation" in the impoverished country, which "might narrow the pool from which footsoldiers are drawn".
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
He does just that, becoming a wealthy benefactor of the impoverished, a generous and kind man beyond compare.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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