The phrase
"impoverished people" refers to individuals or groups who are very poor, lacking enough money or resources to meet their basic needs for a decent standard of living.
Full definition
Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«impoverished»
«people»
Sentences with «impoverished people»
- Regardless of cultural identity as Indigenous, similar rates of incarceration are seen among other impoverished people around the world. (croakey.org)
- We know constitutional protection extends to impoverished people accessing the courts, but now we know it extends to the middle class too. (slaw.ca)
- There are over a billion impoverished people on this planet. (sciencemag.org)
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