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How to pronounce “impoverished”

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Pronunciation guide for impoverished

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of impoverished with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: How America's public schools keep kids in povertychallenge your school committee to adopt an impoverished school
Definition summary: Reduced to poverty.

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How America's public schools keep kids in poverty

challenge your school committee to adopt an impoverished school

[Adjective]
Reduced to poverty.
Having lost a component, an ingredient, a faculty or a feature; rendered poor in something; depleted.
[Verb]
simple past and past participle of impoverish

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