Definition of "destitute" []

• Utterly lacking; devoid: Young recruits destitute of any experience. (adjective)
• Lacking resources or the means of subsistence; completely impoverished. See Synonyms at poor. (adjective)

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• "The number of destitute is greatly reduced, there is strong national pride, and the general populace is VERY optimistic about where they are going."
• "But men scarcely take pleasure at all in these things, at least those whom we call destitute of self-control do not, but only in the actual enjoyment which arises entirely from the sense of Touch, whether in eating or in drinking, or in grosser lusts."
• "Charlottesville to open a pay school for colored pupils, but had not been successful, and having used all her money was in destitute circumstances so she came to us for aid and sympathy."