destitute

des·ti·tute  (dst-tt, -tyt)

adj.

1. Utterly lacking; devoid: Young recruits destitute of any experience.

2. Lacking resources or the means of subsistence; completely impoverished. See Synonyms at poor.

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[Middle English, from Latin dstittus, past participle of dstituere, to abandon : d-, de- + statuere, to set; see st- in Indo-European roots.]

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desti·tuteness n.

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destitute [ˈdɛstɪˌtjuːt]

adj

1. (Social Welfare) lacking the means of subsistence; totally impoverished

2. (postpositive; foll by of) completely lacking; deprived or bereft (of) destitute of words

3. Obsolete abandoned or deserted

[from Latin dēstitūtus forsaken, from dēstituere to leave alone, from statuere to place]

destituteness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	destitute - poor enough to need help from others impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken poor - having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
	2.	destitute - completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" devoid, barren, innocent, free nonexistent - not having existence or being or actuality; "chimeras are nonexistent"

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destitute

adjective penniless, poor, impoverished, distressed, needy, on the rocks, insolvent, poverty-stricken, down and out, indigent, impecunious, dirt-poor (informal), on the breadline (informal), flat broke (informal), short, penurious, on your uppers, necessitous, in queer street (informal), moneyless, without two pennies to rub together (informal) destitute children who live on the streets

destitute of lacking, wanting, without, in need of, deprived of, devoid of, bereft of, empty of, drained of, deficient in, depleted in a country destitute of natural resources

Translations

destitute [ˈdestɪtjuːt] ADJ

1. (= poverty-stricken) → indigente
to be (utterly) destitute → estar en la(más absoluta)miseria

2. (= lacking) destitute of → desprovisto de

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destitute [ˈdɛstɪtjuːt]

adj

(= poor) [person] → misérable, dans la misère
to be left destitute → être plongé(e) dans la misère

destitute of (= lacking) → dépourvu(e) de, dénué(e) de

npl
the destitute → les indigents mpl

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destitute

adj

(= poverty-stricken) → mittellos; to be utterly destitute → bettelarm sein

(= lacking) → bar (→ of +gen)

n the destitute pl → die Mittellosen, die, die im Elend leben

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destitute [ˈdɛstɪˌtjuːt] adj (frm) → indigente
utterly destitute → ridotto/a in miseria
destitute of → privo/a di

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destitute [ˈdɛstɪˌtjuːt] adj (frm) → indigente
utterly destitute → ridotto/a in miseria
destitute of → privo/a di

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destitute

adj destitute [ˈdestitjuːt]

in great need of food, shelter etc They were left destitute when he died. behoeftig مُعْوِز، مُعْدِم، خالي الوِفاض бедстващ bez prostředků, strádající forarmet mittellos άπορος indigente puudustkannatav تهی دست؛ مستمند puutteessa oleva sans ressources חֲסַר כּוֹל निस्सहाय, से रहित oskudan, prazan nélkülöző miskin blásnauður bisognoso, indigente 貧困な 가난한 be lėšų, skurstantis trūcīgs; nabadzīgs melarat berooid lutfattig, uten midler bez środków do życia indigente fără mijloace (de trai), sărac в полной нищете bez prostriedkov obubožan siromašan utblottad, nödlidande อดอยาก; แร้นแค้น yoksul, muhtaç 缺乏的；一貧如洗的 той, що терпить нужду; бідний مفلس thiếu thốn 缺乏的；一贫如洗的