destitute
adjective
verb (used with object), des·ti·tut·ed, des·ti·tut·ing.
Origin of destitute
Synonyms for destitute
Antonyms for destitute
Related Words for destitute
poor, strapped, poverty-stricken, penniless, needy, exhausted, insolvent, impoverished, indigent, bankrupt, bereft, deficient, drained, empty, flat, impecunious, lacking, penurious, stony, strippedExamples from the Web for destitute
Contemporary Examples of destitute
What happened to the Christian concern to “love the least of these,” the most vulnerable, the most destitute?
And by 1918 much of Central and Eastern Europe was starving and destitute.
From the American Dust Bowl, thousands of destitute farm families stream westward.
Six months later, she was in love, pregnant, and, as her furious parents cut her off, destitute.
Nation building in a country as destitute and decentralized as Afghanistan, he argued, was hopeless.
Historical Examples of destitute
Gosse found the country generally poor and destitute of water.
Explorations in AustraliaJohn Forrest
He found the district to the north to be a dreary waste, destitute of food and water.
Explorations in AustraliaJohn Forrest
Do you think me destitute of every honest, every natural feeling?
Lady SusanJane Austen
Remember the interpositions of God to supply the necessities of the destitute.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. IIFrancis Augustus Cox
His eyes travelled over her hands and neck, destitute of ornaments.
The AvengerE. Phillips Oppenheim