depauperate
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of depauperate
1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin dēpauperātus (past participle of dēpauperāre to make poor), equivalent to dē- de- + pauper ( āre ) to make poor ( pauper- poor ( see pauper) + -ātus -ate 1 )
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By framing urban areas as degraded, depauperate and deficient, we are undervaluing its inhabitants—wildlife and people alike.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 22, 2022
This once highly diverse river has become, like most others in Madagascar, depauperate.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2011
The muralis gopher is a depauperate form clearly belonging to the bottae group.
From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rodents by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall
Aug.–Oct.—Varies extremely in size and appearance, the culms erect and simple, or decumbent, geniculate and branched; in depauperate forms the spikelets only ¾´´, in the larger forms 1½´´ in length.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
The transitional nature of the environment is exemplified by a rather depauperate herpetofauna consisting of some species of both dry and humid environments and lacking a large fauna typical of either.
From Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala by William E. Duellman
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