Destitute

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Utterly lacking; devoid: Young recruits destitute of any experience.
  • adj. Lacking resources or the means of subsistence; completely impoverished. See Synonyms at poor.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Lacking something; devoid; especially lacking money; poor, impoverished, poverty-stricken.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of.
  • adj. Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor.
  • v. To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon.
  • v. To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; -- followed by of.
  • v. To disappoint.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To forsake; desert; abandon; leave to neglect.
  • To deprive, as of property, preferment, or office; divest: used absolutely or with of.
  • To disappoint.
  • Deprived; bereft; under complete lack or privation, whether of what has been lost or of what has never been possessed: with of: as, destitute of honor or of prudence; destitute of the necessaries of life.
  • Without means; indigent; needy; poor: as, the family has been left destitute.
  • A destitute person, or destitute persons collectively.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. poor enough to need help from others
  • adj. completely wanting or lacking
  • Equivalent
    poor    nonexistent   
    Verb Form
    Cross Reference
    devoid   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    forsaken    deficient    lacking    devoid    needy    forsake    abandon    deprive    disappoint    poor   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    devoid    bereave    friendless    unable    ignorant    forlorn    want    helpless    desolate    capable