verb
- making someone extremely poor or causing them to live in misery; reducing to a state of wretchedness or destitution
Usage: present participle of immiserate; formal or academic usage; often used in economic or social contexts
Examples
- The economic policies were criticized for immiserating the working class.
- Colonial exploitation was immiserating entire populations across the continent.
- Wage stagnation and rising costs are immiserating millions of families.
- The war's aftermath left the country immiserating its citizens through famine and displacement.
- Critics argue that unchecked corporate consolidation is immiserating small farmers and rural communities.