impoverished area

collocation in English

meaningsofimpoverishedandarea

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impoverished
adjective
uk
/ɪmˈpɒv.ər.ɪʃt/us
/ɪmˈpɑː.vɚ.ɪʃt/
very ...
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area
noun
uk
/ˈeə.ri.ə/us
/ˈer.i.ə/
a particular part of a place, piece of land, ...
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(Definition ofimpoverishedandareafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Most of them are unemployed and in animpoverishedarea.
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There is no method by which you can distinguish between one factory in animpoverishedareaand another factory in a prosperous area.
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That shows the magnitude of the problem to be dealt with in animpoverishedarea.
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Surely they should be saved and the industry should be saved while there is still a chance, rather than waiting until they require assistance as a desperatelyimpoverishedarea.
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Matendla is a particularlyimpoverishedareawith no school whatsoever.
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The inability of commissioners to raise money to sewer impoverished areas was not just a hypothetical issue.
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The sampling frame excluded families from middleclass and upper middle-class areas of the city as well as the most impoverished areas.
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With settlements located in relatively remote and impoverished areas, employment and other income-generating opportunities for refugees are largely absent.
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Dellwood residents express distrust and suspicion of their neighbors, particularly renters, who were perceived as coming from more socially and economically impoverished areas, thereby bringing down the neighborhood.
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I ask my noble friend whether there will be a higher charge for remote areas to the detriment of those already impoverished areas.
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I feel sure that better results will accrue if he will come to the aid of these impoverished areas in my county.
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She mentioned communications and the quality of life in impoverished areas and how the projects will be checked by those in control.
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In the most impoverished areas, the only resources available will be commitment and effort.
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Does she also accept that, in impoverished areas such as mine, in which the pits have closed, it is very important that further education buildings are kept open?
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Many of the images were of rallies or protests, instances of authority brutality, and impoverished areas.
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He also supports establishing credit and microloan programs, which are often lacking in impoverished areas.
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Infections occur most often in school-age children or in impoverished areas with a lack of proper sanitation systems.
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While this is an advantage in impoverished areas, purpose-built hives offer certain advantages in pest control, durability, and defensibility.
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Schools in more impoverished areas are unable to provide the same type of educational opportunities as other communities.
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These humanitarian missionaries typically serve in impoverished areas of the world and do not actively proselytize.
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