Meaning

2 senses
  1. Lacking something; devoid.

    completely wanting or lacking

  2. Lacking money, poor, impoverished; especially, extremely so.

    Near-synonym: penniless

    May 24, 2018, Alex Vadukul in The New York Times, The Forgotten Entertainer Rag

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Examples

6 sentences
  1. Tom is destitute.

    Том знаходиться в скрутних обставинах.

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  2. Sami's arrest left his family destitute.

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  3. It was there that this destitute child was born.

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  4. The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.

    deDie schlimmste Einsamkeit ist es, wahrer Freundschaft zu entbehren.

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  5. The church was a safe haven for the destitute paupers.

    deDie Kirche war eine sichere Zuflucht für die mittellosen Armen.

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Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
poor, impoverished, poverty-stricken:

Origin

From Middle English destitute, destitut, from Latin dēstitūtus.

From Middle English destitute, destitut, from Latin dēstitūtus.

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Forms

more destitute, most destitute
Comparativemore destitute Lesson
Superlativemost destitute Lesson

regular

Synonyms

62 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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