impoverished

🇺🇸 /ɪmˈpɑːvərɪʃt/ 🇬🇧 /ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃt/
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adjective
R

Having little or no money, goods, or means of support.

The family was impoverished and could not afford basic necessities.

R

Lacking usual or expected quality or richness.

The soil of the farm was impoverished, yielding very little produce.

translation

adj. Having little or no money, goods, or means of support.; Lacking usual or expected quality or richness.