destitute

adj.

1. Utterly lacking; devoid: Young recruits destitute of any experience.
2. Lacking resources or the means of subsistence; completely impoverished. See synonyms at poor.

[Middle English, from Latin dēstitūtus, past participle of dēstituere, to abandon : dē-, de- + statuere, to set.]

destituteness des'ti·tute'ness n.

adjective

1. Not having a desirable element: barren, devoid, empty, innocent, lacking, void, wanting. Idioms: in want of. See full/empty/capacity.
2. Having little or no money or wealth: beggarly, down-and-out, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken. Informal broke, strapped. Idioms: hard up, on one's uppers. See rich/poor.

adj

Definition: down and out; wanting
Antonyms: lucky, prosperous, rich, secure, wealthy

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: poor enough to need help from others
  Synonyms: impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forarmet, subsistensløs, aldeles uden

Nederlands (Dutch)
berooid

Français (French)
adj. - sans ressources, indigent, dépourvu, dénué de

Deutsch (German)
adj. - notleidend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ενδεής, πάμπτωχος, απογυμνωμένος, (απο)στερημένος

Italiano (Italian)
indigente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pobre, necessitado

Русский (Russian)
лишенный, обездоленный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - necesitado, indigente, desvalido, sin medios de subsistencia

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - utblottad, utfattig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
困穷的, 缺乏的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 困窮的, 缺乏的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - ~이 부족한, 가난한, 없는, (계획 등을) 무산 시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 欠乏した, 貧困な, 極貧の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مفتقر الى المال والطعام وغيرها من لوازم الحياة, معدم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חסר-כול, עני‬

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