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Meanings of destitute in English
Poor enough to need help from others.
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Usage of destitute in English
1
The farms have brought jobs and some prosperity to a once-destitute region.
2
Moonshine is our main source of income, we'd be destitute without it.
3
The new people are mostly destitute, hungry and with nowhere to stay.
4
After this, all his support was stopped and he was left destitute.
5
Once into the Eastern Empire it left whole cities destitute or destroyed.
6
If we're denied the full experience, we will be left feeling destitute.
7
Dr Stefan Mans, of Aston University, said: The wives were very destitute.
8
The lower bed of the drift is entirely destitute of organic remains.
9
In reality, the archbishop was wholly destitute of either abilities or virtues.
10
Hence the man destitute of wisdom never succeeds in crossing that river.
11
The region around it is somewhat bleak and almost destitute of trees.
12
In short, he was destitute of love, the sole life of religion.
13
Afterwards he went away, became destitute, and sold matches in the streets.
14
His visage was colourless; his limbs destitute of motion, almost of life.
15
He was utterly destitute of the power of exhibiting real human beings.
16
Why are so many Blacks still mired in poverty and disproportionately destitute?
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Destitute across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Less common