down-and-out
3
7.9
- adjective
- /ˈdaʊn ənd aʊt/
:
desamparado
- The local shelter provides food and support for people who are down-and-out in the city.
- help the down-and-out
They have more and more regulations which keeps the small guys down and out.
- They have more and more regulations which keeps the small guys down and out.
- Well, one of the really difficult things to learn when you're down and out is how far you're down because it's humiliating.
- It will look like someone is down and out and like this is it.
- If I am down and out, then I am affecting everyone else.
- Obviously thriving than it is to stab them in the back when you know they are down and out.
Examples
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Jared (drives slowly alongside him): How come you look so down and out?
Fiction book (1998) -
I'm down and out, mate.
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Wayne says she'd be great at the soup kitchen, a breath of life for the down-and-out.
Fiction book (1991) -
A down-and-out Randolph shuffles along in ratty bedroom slippers.
Fiction book (2002) -
You would think you would be bitter or despondent about having reached this down-and-out position in life, but despite his being down and out, no matter what—
Blog text (25) -
The majority appeared to be what you'd expect at the Sally—the truly down-and-out—but a surprising number looked like the middle class with a few wrinkles in their pants.
Fiction book (1995) -
Many families become down-and-out due to unforeseen circumstances like job loss or illness.
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He often volunteers at the soup kitchen to help those who are down-and-out and in need of assistance.
Synonyms
50
6.2
People or places that have very little money and few things they need
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
20
6.5
Very poor and without basic things like food or a home
10
8.0
Having very little money and struggling to pay bills
9
5.1
Very poor and needing help to live
4
7.7
Poor and without a home or money
3
7.5
Without a home because of a disaster or bad luck
1
8.6
Having no money at all
1
7.6
Having almost no money
1
8.2
Looking old and in poor condition because of poverty
Very poor and only able to pay for basic needs like food
Being very short of money and struggling to pay for things
A person who has little money and cannot buy basic things
Having almost no money or things
Antonyms
How Poor
579
1.4
3
7.9
24
4.3
50
6.2
∞
1.0
7
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Down-and-out comes from the image of a boxer who is down ('knocked down') and out ('unable to continue'). So to be down-and-out is to be beaten by life, without money, a job, or a home.