Dictionary: depauperate   (də-pô'pər-ĭt)

1. Arrested in growth or development; stunted.
2. Severely diminished; impoverished: “But there were no pleasures in Australia. How could my friend admire so paleontologically depauperate a place?” (Jake Page).

[Middle English depauperat, from Medieval Latin dēpauperātus, past participle of dēpauperāre, to make poor : Latin dē-, de- + pauper, poor; see pauper.]