impoverished

empobrecido, pobre

Que ha caído en una gran pobreza y no tiene dinero para cubrir sus necesidades básicas.

En inglés sencillo: Having become very poor and lacking money for basic needs.

• The war left many families impoverished.
• Aid reached the most impoverished villages.
• She grew up in an impoverished household.

Sinónimos: poor, destitute, penniless

Antónimos: wealthy, rich

Expresiones frecuentes: impoverished families, impoverished communities, impoverished country

empobrecido, pobre

Que carece de la variedad, calidad o fuerza necesarias para ser bueno o saludable.

En inglés sencillo: Lacking the variety, quality, or strength needed to be good or healthy.

• Crops grow poorly in impoverished soil.
• An impoverished diet affected the children's health.
• The film presents an impoverished view of human relationships.

Sinónimos: poor, deficient

Antónimos: rich

Expresiones frecuentes: impoverished soil, impoverished culture, impoverished diet

empobrecido, mermado

Que ha perdido partes o características útiles, de modo que quedan menos.

En inglés sencillo: Having lost useful parts or features, so that fewer remain.

• The language has an impoverished inflectional system.
• Repeated filtering left the sample impoverished of minerals.
• Their simplified model contains an impoverished set of features.

Cómo se usa: impoverished of something (The soil was impoverished of essential minerals.)

Sinónimos: depleted, reduced

Antónimos: enriched

Expresiones frecuentes: impoverished inflectional system, impoverished of something, impoverished structure

pobre en especies

Que contiene pocos tipos distintos de animales o plantas.

En inglés sencillo: Containing only a small number of different kinds of animals or plants.

• The island has an impoverished fauna.
• Researchers found an impoverished fossil assemblage in this layer.
• The polluted stream supports an impoverished community of aquatic species.

Sinónimos: species-poor

Antónimos: species-rich

Expresiones frecuentes: impoverished fauna, impoverished flora, impoverished fossil assemblage