destitute
IPA: dˈɛstʌtut
verb
- (transitive) To impoverish; to strip of wealth, resources, etc.
adjective
- (followed by the preposition "of") Lacking something; devoid.
- Lacking money; poor, impoverished.
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Examples of "destitute" in Sentences
- The condition was poor and destitute.
- He was close to destitute at the time of his death.
- Her father left the family penniless and destitute.
- The majority of the people of Beaune were declared destitute.
- The natural disaster aggravated the destitute lives of the people.
- He is the founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Destitute.
- His images of the destitute and of the orphans are specially compelling.
- This came in the form of the urban poor and destitute from around Britain.
- All the segments are destitute of pedicles, laminae and spinous processes.
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