Synonyms for impoverished
ɪmˈpɒv ər ɪʃt, -ˈpɒv rɪʃtim·pov·er·ished

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1. impoverished

   Synonyms:
   deficient, drained, exhausted, inadequate, insufficient, mean, miserly, narrow, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, scrimped, short, small, sparing, stingy, straitened

   Antonyms:
   abounding, abundant, adequate, affluent, ample, bounteous, bountiful, complete, copious, enough, exuberant, full, generous, large, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, overflowing, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, replete, rich, sufficient, teeming

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1. destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-strickenadjective

   poor enough to need help from others

   Synonyms:
   needy, innocent, indigent, barren, wiped out(p), devoid, necessitous, broken, free, poverty-stricken, destitute

   Antonyms:
   rich, preserved

2. broken, wiped out(p), impoverishedadjective

   destroyed financially

   "the broken fortunes of the family"

   Antonyms:
   preserved, rich

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1. List of paraphrases for "impoverished":

   depleted, poor, depauperate, poverty, destitute, disadvantaged, poverty-stricken, impoverishment

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1. Sonia Sotomayor:

   It's hard to see how impoverished people, unfamiliar with the workings of this government, of this country, are going to find lawyers, it seems like a pyrrhic offering to say that an individual hearing is of any benefit to them.

2. Mark Ridley-Thomas:

   This data is stunning from the perspective that we had hoped that things would be trending differently, but we will not ignore our realities, no one can ignore the income insecurity, the financial stress that is being experienced throughout the population. ... This is a state that is the wealthiest in the nation, and, at the same time, it is the most impoverished.

3. Johnny Thornton:

   John McCown created a political strategy, and African Americans voted themselves into power, it has come to a point where( Hancock County) is one of the most impoverished in America. There is a wives' tale -- I don't know if it's true or not -- that some political leaders in Georgia have always said that if we can't vote the people of Hancock County out, we'll starve them out -- and there's been a disproportionate lack of growth to this particular community.

4. Rebeca Blanco-Grijalva:

   I am a third-grade teacher in an impoverished elementary school, my students are inquisitive, voracious readers who are craving to discover the newest adventure in their favorite book series.

5. Veronica Hinton:

   Given that multiple factors seem to contribute to falling in the lower 5 percent on school readiness measures - including living in an impoverished household, primary language other than English, lower maternal education, and black maternal race, as well as late preterm (birth) - it is reasonable to believe that the reasons why some late preterm children are at risk are multi-factorial.