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impoverished

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?m?p?v????t/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?p?v(?)???t/
  • Hyphenation: im?pov?er?ished

Adjective

impoverished (comparative more impoverished, superlative most impoverished)

  1. Reduced to poverty.
  2. Having lost a component, an ingredient, or a faculty or a feature; rendered poor in something; depleted.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:impoverished

Derived terms

  • impoverishedly
  • impoverishedness

Translations

Verb

impoverished

  1. simple past tense and past participle of impoverish

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handicapped

English

Verb

handicapped

  1. simple past tense and past participle of handicap

Adjective

handicapped (comparative more handicapped, superlative most handicapped)

  1. Having a handicap.
  2. (derogatory) Limited by an impediment of some kind.

Usage notes

Many people advise against describing a disabled person as being handicapped.

Translations

See also

  • disabled
  • impaired

Noun

handicapped (plural handicappeds)

  1. (India) A disabled person.

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