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Meaning of depauperate | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1
/dɪˈpɔːpəɹət/

Definitions

  1. Having stunted growth
    usually
  2. Impoverished.
    obsolete
  3. Having a limited biodiversity.

Equivalents

Italiano depauperate

Examples

“2009, David Quammen, Where the Salmon Rule, National Geographic (August 2009), page 35, "...because of Kamchatka's isolation from mainland river systems, its streams are relatively depauperate of other fresh water fish, leaving Oncorhynchus species to face few competitors and predators."”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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