impoverished

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In 1971, he said that by “the year 2000 the United Kingdom will be simply a small group of impoverished islands, inhabited by some 70 million hungry people.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

He has also spearheaded humanitarian campaigns, including the Hurricane Katrina response in New Orleans, and in Haiti after the impoverished Caribbean nation's 2010 earthquake.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

They had not been walked for four weeks before the attack and a dog behaviour expert had described conditions inside Warren's home as "impoverished".

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

He has a bold new ambition: bringing energy to millions of people in impoverished nations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Most return to impoverished neighborhoods in the Chicago area, bringing few resources and bearing the stigma of their prison record.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander