Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

impoverishing

/ˌɪmpˈɑvɹɪʃɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables: im-pov-er-ish-ing
IPA: /ˌɪmpˈɑvɹɪʃɪŋ/

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of impoverish

adj

Tending to impoverish (To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness); limiting.

Formal

Example Sentences

"It seems impoverishing to me to cite 1763 as a crucial year in terms of royal-parlementary exchanges on fiscal issues, as Doyle does, without calling attention to the fact that this is the inaugural year of liberalization; or to invoke Maynon d'Invault's desire to prolong the second twentieth tax in December 1768 without observing that this very year and month mark the apogee of subsistence turbulence"
"They accompanied the pair to their home, where there was every indication of the very impoverishing effects of a course of inebriation."

Usage

Formal

Inflected Forms

more impoverishing (comparative) most impoverishing (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce impoverishing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪmpˈɑvɹɪʃɪŋ/.
What does impoverishing mean?: present participle and gerund of impoverish

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