impoverish

1 - As the country's forestry resources have been used wrongly over a long period of time, now the forests are greatly impoverished.

2 - Every year, millions of impoverished people around the world die of preventable diseases simply because they cannot afford to buy the medicines they need to survive.

3 - Third world countries are often thought of as places that are impoverished, have significantly high birthrates, are economically dependent on advanced countries, and have not evolved socially in regards to equal rights issues.