impoverish
verb (used with object)
to reduce to poverty.
will impoverish
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future tenseof impoverish.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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The concern among some groups is that the lower amount will impoverish people who are ill and have little prospect of getting a job anytime soon.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
It will impoverish black, white, and brown all the same.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2016
In the rich world, it seems, a population will impoverish themselves before they're impoverished by inflation.
From Economist ● Sep. 19, 2012
“There’s a storm coming, Mr. Wayne,” Anne Hathaway’s Selina Kyle tells Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight Rises, auguring a financial collapse that will impoverish the billionaire playboy and humble corporate Gotham.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2012
A military organization may strengthen the national being, but if it dominates it, it will impoverish its life.
From The National Being Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity by George William Russell
