destitute
20
6.5
- adjective
- /ˈdɛstəˌtut/
:
indigente
- After losing his job and home, he was left destitute and without any means to support himself.
- poor and destitute
- destitute women
- destitute Jews
But we shouldn't make ourselves destitute as a result.
- But we shouldn't make ourselves destitute as a result.
- What is it to be in need, to be destitute?
- He's a he's a greedy, arrogant businessman who looks down on the poor and the criminals and the destitute.
- You can be a just person and be totally destitute and you can still be just or courageous or wise or temperate.
- They're stories of sort of people in destitute positions in their life and the how they leave their bodies.
Examples
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Meanwhile, the Mellah is inhabited by destitute peasant families who immigrated from the Rif Mountains in the mid-20th century.
Academic text (2009) -
For a few to live in opulence while a great many are destitute is not development.
Academic text (2005) -
And her children would be completely destitute.
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But there are also many who arrive destitute, desperate or against their will.
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Since they are too often destitute and have very little mobility, they are trapped.
Fiction book (2002) -
In 2001, the UN estimated there were 400,000 people who were destitute and vulnerable.
Academic text (2003) -
Local governments first aided the destitute when immediate relatives failed to do so.
Academic text (1993) -
In other words, plague left in its wake vast numbers of orphans, widows, and destitute families.
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Most urban Indians live as transients, on welfare, in ghetto conditions, in the most destitute of circumstances.
Fiction book (2002) -
Such tragedies spurred fundraising drives to establish old age homes for destitute Orthodox Jews.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
237
1.8
Having no money
50
6.2
People or places that have very little money and few things they need
43
1.5
Without enough food, clothes, or a home and often gets help from others
24
4.3
Having no money
22
8.7
Very poor and without enough money for basic needs
21
3.9
Not having basic things like enough food, a safe home, or clean water
9
5.1
Very poor and needing help to live
4
7.7
Poor and without a home or money
1
8.6
Having no money at all
1
9.9
Very poor and unable to pay for basic needs
1
7.6
Having almost no money
1
9.3
With no money at all
Poor and without enough food, money or shelter
A person who has little money and cannot buy basic things
Having almost no money or things
Very poor and living with almost no money
Having no money to pay for things
Antonyms
How Poor
Surface Forms
Morphology
destitute = de + stitute
Although historically analyzable as Latin de- + stituere, the parts are not productive English morphemes for learners, so the modern meaning 'extremely poor' cannot be derived from the components.
Etymology
Destitute comes from Latin parts de- 'away' and stituere 'to set or stand', giving the idea of someone 'left away' or abandoned. So a destitute person is someone left without money, a home, or the basic things they need.