verb
- present participle of depauperate; causing to become poor or impoverished; reducing to poverty
Usage: formal; often used in ecological or economic contexts
Examples
- Overfishing is depauperating marine ecosystems.
- The war was depauperating the nation's resources.
- Continuous extraction of minerals is depauperating the soil.
- Economic policies were depauperating rural communities.
- Deforestation is depauperating biodiversity in the region.