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impoverishment

im·po·ve·rishment

US/ˌɪˈmpɑvrɪʃmʌnt/ uncommon

noun

1.

the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

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From Anglo-Norman empoverissement, from the Old French verb empoverir. By surface analysis, impoverish + -ment.

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