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 #2 (permalink) Wed May 10, 2006 12:46 pm Meaning of impoverished |
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| impoverished is an equivalent of "poor","miserable","depauperate" |
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| #3 (permalink) Wed May 10, 2006 13:09 pm Meaning of impoverished |
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| pamela wrote: | | impoverished is an equivalent of "poor","miserable","depauperate" |
Hi Pamela
I have to admit that "depauperate" is not part of my active vocabulary. But as far as I can tell, this would not be a good synonym here, since it appears to be mainly used in connection with plantlife.
I'm curious where (how) you learned this word, though...
Amy
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| #4 (permalink) Wed May 10, 2006 13:58 pm Meaning of impoverished |
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| Yankee wrote: | Hi Pamela
I have to admit that "depauperate" is not part of my active vocabulary. But as far as I can tell, this would not be a good synonym here, since it appears to be mainly used in connection with plantlife.
I'm curious where (how) you learned this word, though...
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Hi,Amy.It's also not a part of my active vocabulary but this word with the given meaning can be met in ABBYY Lingvo dictionary |
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