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1. (adj.) destitute
without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing, and shelter.
2. destitute
deprived of, devoid of, or lacking (often fol. by of):
destitute of feeling.
3. (v.t.) destitute
to leave destitute.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L dēstitūtus, ptp. of dēstituere to abandon, deprive of support =dē-de - + -stituere, comb. form of statuere to cause to stand)
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1. (adj) destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken
poor enough to need help from others
2. (adj) barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent
completely wanting or lacking
"writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"
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1. (adj) destitute
forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of
2. (adj) destitute
not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor
3. (verb) destitute
to leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon
4. (verb) destitute
to make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; -- followed by of
5. (verb) destitute
to disappoint
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Sense: in great need of food, shelter etc
They were left destitute when he died.
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 Afrikaans: behoeftig |
 Arabic: مُعْوِز، مُعْدِم، خالي ال |
 Bulgarian: бедстващ |
 Brazilian: indigente |
 Czech: bez prostředků, strádajíc |
 German: mittellos |
 Danish: forarmet |
 Greek: άπορος |
 Spanish: indigente |
 Estonian: puudustkannatav |
 Farsi: تهی دست؛ مستمند |
 Finnish: puutteessa oleva |
 French: sans ressources |
 Hebrew: חֲסַר כּוֹל |
 Hindi: निस्सहाय, से रहित |
 Croatian: oskudan, prazan |
 Hungarian: nélkülöző |
 Indonesian: miskin |
 Icelandic: blásnauður |
 Italian: bisognoso, indigente |
 Japanese: 貧困な |
 Korean: 가난한 |
 Lithuanian: be lėšų, skurstantis |
 Latvian: trūcīgs; nabadzīgs |
 Malay: melarat |
 Dutch: berooid |
 Norwegian: lutfattig, uten midler |
 Polish: bezśrodków do życia |
 Persian: تهی دست؛ مستمند |
 Pashto: ډير خوار اوغريب |
 Portuguese: indigente |
 Romanian: fără mijloace (de trai), |
 Russian: в полной нищете |
 Slovak: bez prostriedkov |
 Slovenian: obubožan |
 Serbian: siromašan |
 Swedish: utblottad, nödlidande |
 Thai: อดอยาก; แร้นแค้น |
 Turkish: yoksul, muhtaç |
 Taiwanese: 缺乏的，一貧如洗的 |
 Ukrainian: той, що терпить нужду; бі |
 Urdu: مفلس |
 Vietnamese: thiếu thốn |
 Chinese: 缺乏的，一贫如洗的 |
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