impoverishment
The action of impoverishing someoneThe action of impoverishing someone.
» Are you wearing those shorts to underline the aesthetic impoverishment you've suffered over the last decade?
Trägst du diese kurze Hose, um die ästhetische Verarmung, die du in der letzten Dekade erlitten hast, zu unterstreichen?
Trägst du diese kurze Hose, um die ästhetische Verarmung, die du im letzten Jahrzehnt erlitten hast, zu unterstreichen?
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)The action of impoverishing someone.
(uncountable, usually)The state of being impoverished.
Verarmung
обедне́ниеobednénije, обнища́ниеobniščánije
збідні́нняzbidnínnja, зубо́жінняzubóžinnja
- the act of making someone poor
- the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
Examples
3 sentencesAre you wearing those shorts to underline the aesthetic impoverishment you've suffered over the last decade?
deTrägst du diese kurze Hose, um die ästhetische Verarmung, die du in der letzten Dekade erlitten hast, zu unterstreichen?
Do you wear those shorts to emphasise the aesthetic impoverishment you've been suffering this past decade?
deTrägst du diese kurze Hose, um die ästhetische Verarmung, die du in der letzten Dekade erlitten hast, zu unterstreichen?
Monolingualism means impoverishment.
deEinsprachigkeit bedeutet Verarmung.
Translations
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Origin
From Anglo-Norman empoverissement, from the Old French verb empoverir. By surface analysisFrom Anglo-Norman empoverissement, from the Old French verb empoverir. By surface analysis, impoverish + -ment.
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Forms
plural: impoverishments| Singular | impoverishment |
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uncountable
Synonyms
5 synonyms- the act of making someone poor:pauperizationpauperisation
- the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions:povertypoorness
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable