impoverished

appauvri, démuni

Devenu très pauvre, sans assez d’argent pour satisfaire ses besoins essentiels.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : poor, destitute, penniless

Contraires : wealthy, rich

Expressions courantes : impoverished families, impoverished communities, impoverished country

appauvri, pauvre

Qui manque de la variété, de la qualité ou de la force nécessaires pour être bon ou sain.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : poor, deficient

Contraires : rich

Expressions courantes : impoverished soil, impoverished culture, impoverished diet

appauvri, amoindri

Qui a perdu des parties ou des caractéristiques utiles et en possède donc moins.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : impoverished of something (The soil was impoverished of essential minerals.)

Synonymes : depleted, reduced

Contraires : enriched

Expressions courantes : impoverished inflectional system, impoverished of something, impoverished structure

pauvre en espèces

Qui contient peu d’espèces différentes d’animaux ou de plantes.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : species-poor

Contraires : species-rich

Expressions courantes : impoverished fauna, impoverished flora, impoverished fossil assemblage