1. reduced to a state of extreme poverty or misery

1. past tense and past participle of immiserate; to reduce to a state of extreme poverty or misery
Usage: formal; often used in academic or political discourse

Examples

• The economic policies immiserated millions of workers across the region.
• Immiserated populations often lack access to basic healthcare and education.
• The war immiserated entire communities, leaving them without homes or resources.
• Scholars argue that colonialism immiserated indigenous peoples for centuries.
• The immiserated refugees faced desperate conditions in the camps.
• Factory closures immiserated the once-thriving industrial town.