immiserate

American  

[ih-mis-uh-reyt] / ɪˈmɪs əˌreɪt /

verb (used with object)

immiserated, immiserating

1. to make miserable.

2. to cause to become impoverished.

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Other Word Forms

• immiseration noun

Example Sentences

Blake was lamenting the rise of the machine-filled factory, too, because he saw the way that it stood to blight communities and immiserate workers.

From Los Angeles Times

The dangerous economic climate poses a major dilemma for the Biden administration as it tries to maintain leverage over the Taliban without exacerbating the severe economic conditions that threaten to immiserate millions of Afghan citizens.

From Washington Post

So an idealist, in hopes of liberating the masses, supports policies that immiserate them, even though history shows that sanctions aimed at regime change basically never work.

From Washington Post

The utility that serves more than 5 million electrical customers in one of the world’s most technologically advanced areas is now faced again and again with a no-win decision: risk starting catastrophic deadly wildfires, or turn off the lights and immiserate millions of paying customers.

From Seattle Times

This regime has been run exclusively by and for the Kim family since 1948, during which time it has demonstrated an unswerving willingness to immiserate its people to ensure the regime’s survival.

From Washington Post