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Adjective
/ˈdestiˌt(y)o͞ot/,
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Without the basic necessities of life,
  1. Without the basic necessities of life
    • - the charity cares for destitute children
  2. Not having
    • - towns destitute of commerce
  1. poor enough to need help from others
  2. barren: completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"
  3. (destitution) a state without friends or money or prospects
  4. Poverty is the lack of basic human needs, such as clean water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter, because of the inability to afford them. This is also referred to as absolute poverty or destitution. ...
  5. (Destitution) D.e.s.t.i.t.u.t.i.o.n is the first full-length album by Australian Thrash metal band Allegiance, released in 1994. The album was produced at Planet Sound Studios in Perth, Western Australia by Dave Pinsky. The album was mastered in Holland by Attie Bauw., 26 December 2008.
  6. Lacking something; devoid; especially lacking money; poor, impoverished, poverty-stricken
  7. (destituteness) The state or quality of being destitute
  8. (destitution) The action of deserting or abandoning; Discharge from office; dismissal; The condition of lacking something; An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support
  9. (Destitution) The situation of asylum seekers lacking the means to meet basic needs of shelter, warmth, food, water and health for a variety of reasons.
  10. Extremely poor, not being able to find food or shelter.
  11. This term was usually reserved for children in especially dire circumstances. For example, two girls aged ten and fourteen were made wards of the board in 1916. The board’s files gave their reason for removal simply as:
  12. Someone who has no access to benefits or income and are either street homeless or does not have adequate accommodation or any means of obtaining it.
  13. Without money to maintain support; a person abandoned by those responsible for supporting him or her.
  14. lacking food, clothing, and shelter