destitute

  • 21destitute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wanting, lacking; stripped, bereft, penniless, poverty stricken, down and out (sl.). See insufficiency, poverty.Ant., affluent. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. impoverished, poverty stricken, penniless; …

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  • 22destitute of — not having. → destitute …

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  • 23destitute — [ dɛstɪtju:t] adjective 1》 extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself. 2》 (destitute of) not having. Derivatives destitution noun Origin ME (in the sense deserted, abandoned, empty ): from L. destitut , destituere forsake …

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  • 24destitute — adj 1. poverty stricken, impoverished, penurious, impecunious, beggared, pauperized; indigent, poor, needy, necessitous, bad off, badly off; pinched, straitened, distressed, Inf. strapped, Inf. up against it, Inf. on one s uppers, Inf. hard up;… …

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  • 25destitute —   Nele loa, hune, ilihune, māhune.   Also: pakaneo, puhikole, akakole, akole, ilikole, kuleleiwi, pōka o, ōlohe, ōlohelohe, ka a ka lolo, aupapa, hemahema, auwalakī, ho oneo, kōhahe.    ♦ To make destitute, ho onele, kā i ka nele loa …

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  • 26destitute — 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 …

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  • 27destitute — 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 …

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  • 28destitute — Poor, indigent. 41 Am J1st Poor L § 4. Without means of support either in property or in a person legally bound to furnish support. Supreme Council Catholic Benev. Legion v Grove, 176 Ind 356, 96 NE 159. See destitute circumstances …

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  • 29destitute — adj. 1 without food, shelter, etc.; completely impoverished. 2 (usu. foll. by of) lacking (destitute of friends). Derivatives: destitution n. Etymology: ME f. L destitutus past part. of destituere forsake (as DE , statuere place) …

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  • 30destitute of good faith — index dishonest, fraudulent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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