Definition
immiserates
verb
- to make miserable or wretched; to cause to suffer poverty or hardship
Usage: formal; often used in academic or political discourse
Examples
- The economic policies immiserates the working class.
- War and famine immiserates entire populations.
- Systemic inequality immiserates vulnerable communities.
- The factory conditions immiserates the workers.
- Lack of access to education immiserates future generations.
- Chronic unemployment immiserates families in the region.