Used in a Sentence

impoverish

How to use impoverish in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for impoverish.

Editorial note

You can permanently impoverish a person, and that's it.

Examples13
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

make poor

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of impoverish gathered in one view.

verb

make poor

verb

take away

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for impoverish.

verb

make poor

Example sentences

1

You can permanently impoverish a person, and that's it.

2

Have the power to impoverish someone with a lot of money just because they're not generating more with it?

3

If we gave everyone a billion dollars except you, does it impoverish you in anyway?

4

That's a bit like telling people who live in dangerous areas that the best response to a mugger is not to let them impoverish you.

5

Second, the advocate putting their money where their mouth is will only impoverish them self while making very little change.

6

If you held everyone to this criteria you would severely impoverish language.

7

"But making an app specifically designed and targeted so as to impoverish artists is a dick move.

8

"Icelanders wisely said "no," they opted not to impoverish themselves to make good the debts of local private hedge funds to the foreign speculators.

9

The idea that needing medical treatment might impoverish me or poverty leaves me unable to obtain the treatment I need seems exceedingly cruel.

10

It would be unfair to import the negative rhetorical weight of the word theft -- an act that can directly impoverish or even imperil someone -- with what we're talking about.

11

How could this lead to impoverishment when even relatively conservative asset management averages returns of >5%?

12

" says the time-traveler after you offer to impoverish yourself for the sake of a religious argument about how wealth is denominated.

13

What do you do when you terminally impoverish a large swath of your population after exploiting them for sixty years in order to achieve some financial utopia that they didn't need anyway?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use impoverish in a sentence?

You can permanently impoverish a person, and that's it.

What does impoverish mean?

make poor

What part of speech is impoverish?

impoverish is commonly used as verb.