destitute
adjective/ˈdestɪtjuːt/
/ˈdestɪtuːt/
- without money, food and the other things necessary for life
- When he died, his family was left completely destitute.
- The war left her completely destitute.
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- the destitutenoun [plural] people who are destituteMore Like This Plural adjectival nounsPlural adjectival nouns
- destitute of something (formal) not having something
- They seem destitute of ordinary human feelings.
Extra Examples- a man wholly destitute of compassion
- a country almost destitute of timber
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘deserted, abandoned, empty’): from Latin destitutus, past participle of destituere ‘forsake’, from de- ‘away from’ + statuere ‘to place’.
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