Impoverished (adjective):Ā reduced to poverty
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impoverished
“Those who are institutionalizedĀ for criminal behavior or ill health, children and the impoverished have less privacy than those who are upstanding, healthy, and wealthy.”
I encountered this word while reading an article from class, “We want more Privacy, but Can’t Stop Sharing” by Kate Murphy. This is my first time encountering the word but I instantaneously assumed it had to with poverty.
