Definition of Destitute

1. Adjective. Poor enough to need help from others.

Exact synonyms: Impoverished, Indigent, Necessitous, Needy, Poverty-stricken
Similar to: Poor
Derivative terms: Indigence, Necessity, Need, Neediness

2. Adjective. Completely wanting or lacking. "The sentence was devoid of meaning"
Exact synonyms: Barren, Devoid, Free, Innocent
Similar to: Nonexistent

Definition of Destitute

1. a. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of.

2. v. t. To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon.

Definition of Destitute

1. Adjective. Lacking something; devoid; especially lacking money; poor, impoverished, poverty-stricken. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Destitute

1. [v -TUTED, -TUTING, -TUTES]

Medical Definition of Destitute

1. 1. To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon. "To forsake or destitute a plantation." (Bacon) 2. To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; followed by of. "Destituted of all honor and livings." (Holinshed) 3. To disappoint. "When his expectation is destituted." (Fotherby) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Destitute

destinate
destinating
destination
destinationless
destinations
destine
destined
destines
destinies
destining
destinist
destinists
destiny
destinyless
destituent
destitute (current term)
destitute of(p)
destituted
destitutely
destituteness
destitutenesses
destitutes
destituting
destitution
destitutions
destock
destocking
destratification
destratifications
destratificator

Literary usage of Destitute

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1920)
"An individual may be destitute of nationality Nation- knowingly or unknowingly, intentionally or through no fault of his own. Even by birth a person may be ..."

2. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.), National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, National Conference of Social Work (U.S.) (1900)
"The home and the institution for the care of destitute and neglected children,— both ideals have their merits and their defects, and each should be made to ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It acts with the co-operation between the committing authorities and the institutions housing orphans and other destitute children ..."

4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"To the help of these hopeful but destitute settlers came the organized ... Some regions wert oversupplied, while others were left entirely destitute. ..."

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