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    [Verb]  | "im*pov*er*ish" | \ im-ˈpä-v(ə-)rish \


    1: to make poor

    2: to deprive of strength, richness, or fertility by depleting or draining of something essential


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English enpoverisshen, from Anglo-French empoveriss-, stem of empoverir, from en- + povre poor {mat|poor|};

    [Noun]  | "impoverishment" 


    1: the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions;


      * e.g., " ... the gradual loss of manufacturing jobs plunged the area into a level of impoverishment it had never known "





     [ "Intellectually Impoverished" ]

    1: Inability to make effective life (enriching and/or saving) decisions, absent of preexisting mental health illnesses or substance abuse/addictions, based on a lack of knowledge or exposure to positive, grow producing, cultures and intellectual developmental externalities beyond an individual's parochial socio-economic, academic and cultural experiments.

      * e.g.,  ... Her intellectually impoverished mindset limits her ability to interact with people who are not from the same neighborhood. 

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