destitution

1. (countable, uncountable)The condition of lacking something.

2. (countable, uncountable)An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.

   Armut

   нужда́nuždá, нищета́niščetá

   злидніzlydni, вбогістьvbohistʹ

3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The action of deserting or abandoning.

4. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Discharge from office; dismissal.

1. I lived my childhood in destitution.

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2. They rear their children in destitution.

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3. We fight to pull ourselves out of destitution.

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4. We let destitution proliferate.

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5. Did you even care to read what I said, you contemptible embodiment of ignorance and intellectual destitution?

   ruТы хоть удосужился прочитать, что я сказал, презренное воплощение невежества и интеллектуальной разрухи?

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