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Significados de destitution en inglés

Lack of the means of subsistence.

Uso de destitution en inglés
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It puts every ordinary working family at risk of falling into destitution.
The Guardian
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This was done in but few instances, the general destitution forbidding it.
A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Havilan...
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There are millions of people living in destitution crying out for help.
The Irish Times
4
The cause of the destitution of the proletariat are then set forth.
Proposed Roads to Freedom
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Yet it was still in a pitiable state of weakness and destitution.
The Great Intendant : A Chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada, 1665-...
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Our passengers were in a very sad state of destitution and sickness.
Hurricane Hurry
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Their destitution was due fully to the high-handed plunder of the city.
Down with the Cities!
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Evil of some kind is ever the cause of destitution and wretchedness.
Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures
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The injustices of destitution and wealth alike ought to be rendered impossible.
Political Ideals
10
Comfort would seem smiling on the one, while destitution threatens the other.
Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life
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All agreed that wherever they were, they must be in great destitution.
The Lost Lady of Lone
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Such people are constantly poor, and hanging on the verge of destitution.
Thrift
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They were all pictures of destitution, and especially the whilom debonair poet.
The Grey Cloak
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With the destitution of his weight, Mac felt his spirits soar also.
Tight Squeeze
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She knew what destitution meant, and she was afraid of it now.
The Clique of Gold
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It is not really destitution, but intemperance which turns them into thieves.
Crime and Its Causes
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