impoverished

impoverished
[ımʹpɒv(ə)rıʃt] a
1. бедный; обедневший; доведённый до нищеты

impoverished countries - разорённые страны

2. лишённый важнейших качеств, свойств; обеднённый, истощённый

impoverished rubber - утратившая эластичность резина

impoverished soil - истощённая почва

impoverished existence - жалкое существование


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  • impoverished — index bankrupt, deficient, destitute, impecunious, insolvent, penurious, poor (underprivileged) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. Will …   Law dictionary

  • impoverished — [adj] poor, exhausted bankrupt, barren, beggared, broke, clean, depleted, destitute, distressed, drained, empty, flat*, flat broke*, have not*, hurting, impecunious, indigent, insolvent, necessitous, needy, penurious, played out*, poverty… …   New thesaurus

  • impoverished — im|pov|er|ished [ ım pav(ə)rıʃt ] adjective 1. ) an impoverished person or place is very poor: a remote and impoverished island 2. ) something that is impoverished has become worse in quality …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • impoverished — UK [ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃt] / US [ɪmˈpɑv(ə)rɪʃt] adjective 1) an impoverished person or place is very poor a remote and impoverished island 2) something that is impoverished has become worse in quality …   English dictionary

  • impoverished — adjective a) very poor: an impoverished student. b) worse in quality: Our lives would be impoverished without music …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • impoverished — adjective 1) an impoverished peasant farmer Syn: poor, poverty stricken, penniless, destitute, indigent, impecunious, needy, beggared, beggarly, pauperized, down and out, bankrupt, ruined, insolvent; informal (flat) broke, hard up, dirt poor …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • Impoverished — Impoverish Im*pov er*ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impoverished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impoverishing}.] [OF. empovrir; pref. em (L. in) + povre poor, F. pauvre; cf. OF. apovrir, F. appauvrir, where the prefix is a , L. ad. Cf. {Empoverish}, and see… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • impoverished — /im pov euhr isht, pov risht/, adj. 1. reduced to poverty. 2. (of a country, area, etc.) having few trees, flowers, birds, wild animals, etc. 3. deprived of strength, vitality, creativeness, etc.: an impoverished attempt at humor. [1625 35;… …   Universalium

  • impoverished — adj. Impoverished is used with these nouns: ↑country, ↑neighbourhood …   Collocations dictionary

  • impoverished — /ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃt/ (say im povuhrisht), / vrɪʃt/ (say vrisht) adjective 1. reduced to poverty. 2. poor in quality: impoverished soil …  

  • impoverished material — nuskurdintoji medžiaga statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Kokį nors esminį arba naudingą sandą praradusi medžiaga. atitikmenys: angl. depleted material; impoverished material vok. abgereichertes Material, n rus.… …   Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas


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