1. making extremely poor; reducing to poverty
Usage: present participle of beggar
2. exceeding the limits or capacity of something
Usage: often used in phrases like ‘beggaring belief’ or ‘beggaring description’

Examples

• The medical bills were beggaring the family.
• Years of poor investments were beggaring his estate.
• The complexity of the problem is beggaring our understanding.
• Her talent is beggaring description.
• The natural disaster was beggaring the entire region.
• The beauty of the sunset was beggaring belief.