- destitute
- Not possessing necessaries of life; in condition of extreme want; bereft; lacking possessions and resources. Destitute of Bennington County by Van Santvoord v. Henry W. Putnam Memorial Hospital, 125 Vt. 289, 215 A.2d 134, 138.See also indigent
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
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destitute — I adjective bankrupt, beggarly, bereft, depleted, deprived, distressed, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, inops, insolvent, lacking funds, moneyless, necessitous, needful, needy, out of money, penniless, poor, poverty stricken, reduced in… … Law dictionary
Destitute — Des ti*tute, a. [L. destitutus, p. p. of destituere to set away, leave alone, forsake; de + statuere to set. See {Statute}.] 1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; often followed by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Destitute — Des ti*tute, v. t. 1. To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To forsake or destitute a plantation. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; followed by of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
destitute — des‧ti‧tute [ˈdesttjuːt ǁ tuːt] adjective having no money, no food, and nowhere to live: • San Francisco has targeted the problems of street litter and homelessness by hiring destitute citizens to perform jobs cleaning up the city. destitution… … Financial and business terms
destitute — ► ADJECTIVE 1) extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself. 2) (destitute of) not having. DERIVATIVES destitution noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «deserted, abandoned»: from Latin destituere forsake … English terms dictionary
destitute — [des′tə to͞ot΄, des′tətyo͞ot΄] adj. [ME < L destitutus, pp. of destituere, to forsake, abandon < de , down, away + statuere, to set, place: see STATUTE] 1. not having; being without; lacking (with of) [destitute of trees] 2. lacking the… … English World dictionary
destitute of — index devoid, insufficient Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
destitute — (adj.) late 14c., abandoned, forsaken, from L. destitutus abandoned, pp. of destituere forsake, from de away + statuere put, place, causative of stare to stand, from PIE root *sta to stand (see STET (Cf … Etymology dictionary
destitute — 1 *devoid, void Analogous words: lacking, wanting (see LACK vb): *deficient: *empty: barren, *bare: depleted, drained, exhausted, bankrupted or bankrupt (see corresponding verbs at … New Dictionary of Synonyms
destitute — [adj] down and out; wanting bankrupt, beggared, bereft, busted, dead broke*, deficient, depleted, deprived of, devoid of, dirt poor*, divested, drained, empty, exhausted, flat*, flat broke*, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, in need of,… … New thesaurus
destitute — adj. destitute of (destitute of feeling) * * * [ destɪtjuːt] destitute of (destitute of feeling) … Combinatory dictionary
