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destitute Definition


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destitute
adj
    1. Lacking money, food, shelter, etc; extremely poor.
      Thesaurus: poor, impoverished, poverty-stricken, needy, penniless, bankrupt, indigent, insolvent; Antonym: prosperous, wealthy.
    2. formal
      Completely lacking in something necessary or desirable.
      Thesaurus: lacking, wanting, bereft, devoid, depleted.
      Form: destitute of something
Derivative: destitution
    Poverty.
    Lack of money and food.
Etymology: 16c in sense 1; 15c in sense 2; 14c, meaning ‘deserted': from Latin destitutus.



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