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impoverished
/ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃt/
verb
To make poor.
To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness.
"That exuberant crop quickly impoverishes any fertile soil."
To become poor.
adjective
Reduced to poverty.
Having lost a component, an ingredient, or a faculty or a feature; rendered poor in something; depleted.
"English has an impoverished inflectional system."
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