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Meanings of almost destitute in English

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Usage of almost destitute in English
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The region around it is somewhat bleak and almost destitute of trees.
Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines
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Once he wrote: It was fearful drudgery-soullessdrudgery-andalmost destitute of interest.
The Boys' Life of Mark Twain
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The valley was a hospital, but almost destitute of doctors and medicine.
At the Point of the Sword
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I seem to be almost destitute of visualising power, as under control.
Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development
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His cheeks were fair, but much sunburnt, and almost destitute of beard.
Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigands of Greece
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If he were to sell out now, he would be almost destitute.
Heartsease; Or, The Brother's Wife
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The country, with the exception of some fruit-trees, is almost destitute of vegetation.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
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They are produced in short, spike-like clusters, and are almost destitute of smell.
Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs
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The few people that remained confessed themselves almost destitute of food.
Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. /...
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She was childless, almost destitute, accomplished, and so devoted to her church duties.
Warrior Gap: A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68.
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What mattered it to them that they all eight of them-werealmost destitute?
The Long Vacation
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The Creek country west of the Verdigris River is almost destitute (cont.)
The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War
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A most engaging person; poor thing, when I found her she was almost destitute.
The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood
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I was almost destitute of money, having but one dollar left in my purse.
Manon Lescaut
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She was sharp at both bow and stern, and was almost destitute of sheer.
Four Months in a Sneak-Box / A Boat Voyage of 2600 Miles Down th...
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This vast ocean of sand is almost destitute of inhabitants.
Travels of Richard and John Lander into the interior of Africa, ...
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