destitution
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7.9
- noun
- /ˌdɛstəˈtuːʃən/
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destitución
- Many families in the city face destitution due to the lack of job opportunities.
- poverty and destitution
- economic destitution
- social destitution
It's like that gift of pain, that gift of destitution where you have nowhere else to go.
- It's like that gift of pain, that gift of destitution where you have nowhere else to go.
Examples
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Hugo's salary as a policeman was all that stood between them and destitution.
Fiction book (1997) -
I fear if such destitution revisits us again, the urban areas will be in chaos.
Blog text (34) -
If you could have seen the poverty and destitution of those people.
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And save your sisters from destitution.
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Perhaps you are just one job away from destitution, but don't speak for others.
Blog text (28) -
Child poverty is rising, homelessness rising, destitution rising, household debt rising.
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How could someone his own age have come to such grief, such utter destitution?
Fiction book (2002) -
In 1969, water remained above the flood stage level for 222 days, causing considerable hunger and destitution.
Academic text (2005) -
In Eastern Europe, social and economic collapse following the end of communist regimes left orphanages close to destitution.
Academic text (2001) -
My boyhood days of misery and destitution seemed now like a scarcely believable fiction.
Synonyms
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2.1
A situation when people lack basic things such as food or shelter
550
2.0
A situation of having very little money and few things
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6.2
Not having basic things you need, like food, shelter, or sleep
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6.8
A situation when people become very poor and lack basic things
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9.3
A lack of basic things needed to live, like food or shelter
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9.7
A situation with almost no money and few basic things needed to live
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2.5
A situation when someone has little money and few belongings
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6.8
A situation when someone has no money
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9.9
A very poor state where someone has almost no money, food, or shelter
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9.9
A state of being very poor with almost nothing
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4.6
Being very poor and not having basic things like food and shelter
A lack of money for basic needs like food and shelter
The state of being very poor and having to beg for money or food
A person who has little money and cannot buy basic things
Antonyms
How Poor
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Destitution comes from Latin parts de- ('completely' or 'away') and stituere ('to place' or 'to stand') and is related to the simple English word stand, giving the image of someone 'put down' or abandoned. That's why destitution means being left without money, food, or support.