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Impoverish meaning
To make poor. | To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness. | To become poor.
Example sentences (10)
However, critics of the fuel subsidy removal argue that it will further weaken the purchasing power of Nigerians and impoverish more citizens in a country where almost half of the population is poor.
A move designed to impoverish smallholder farmers and lock them out of farming.
Mr Milei’s intentions “to close or privatise state-owned media and no longer fund community media”, it added, “would impoverish the news and information ecosystem”.
Officials from Botswana said a ban would negatively impact safari hunt revenue, hamper wildlife conservation, make anti-poaching efforts more difficult, and impoverish African villagers who make their living from such tourism.
He however charged the government to intervene before the kings impoverish innocent people under them.
The NLC said: “It appears that the adamant desire of DISCOs in Nigeria to ram through their ill-conceived agenda to further impoverish Nigerians through astronomical tariff increase amidst a plummeting return on service delivery has now been deregulated.
The TUC said it viewed the move as another ploy to further impoverish Nigerians.
While some bank customers have seen the development as a way to further impoverish Nigerians, others are of the view that the CBN through this policy may be encouraging a cash-society as against the cashless policy it appears to be advocating for.
He warned against the alleged destruction of some farm produce of some community members as that could further impoverish them.
Moreover, he believed that in the long-term, this process would necessarily enrich and empower the capitalist class and impoverish the proletariat.