down-and-out

adj.

1. Lacking funds, resources, or prospects; destitute.
2. Incapacitated; prostrate.

n. also down-and-out·er (-ou'tər)
One who is down-and-out.

adjective

Having little or no money or wealth: beggarly, destitute, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken. Informal broke, strapped. Idioms: hard up, on one's uppers. See rich/poor.

noun

An impoverished person: beggar, down-and-outer, have-not, indigent, pauper. See rich/poor.

Lacking funds or prospects; destitute, penniless. For example, After losing his job, car, and home, he was completely down and out. This term probably originated in boxing, where it alludes to the fighter who is knocked down and stays down for a given time, thereby losing the bout. [c. 1900] Also see down for the count.

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adj

Definition: poverty-stricken
Antonyms: rich, wealthy, well-to-do

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - subsistensløs, yt

Nederlands (Dutch)
armoedzaaier, aan de grond, mislukt

Français (French)
adj. - au tapis pour le compte (boxe), hors de combat, sur le pavé, sans le sou
n. - sans-abri

Deutsch (German)
n. - Habenichts, Stadtstreicher
adj. - k.o. (Boxen), heruntergekommen, erledigt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) ξοφλημένος, εκτός μάχης, καταστραμμένος, στην ψάθα

Italiano (Italian)
spiantato, squattrinato, morto di fame

Português (Portuguese)
n. - totalmente desprovido de recursos

Русский (Russian)
человек, потерявший все

Español (Spanish)
adj. - pobrísimo, sin un céntimo, fuera de combate
n. - pobre

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - utslagen, hända, ske am.

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
被击垮的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 被擊垮的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 매우 쇠퇴해 버린

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 貧窮の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المتشرد, الشخص بلا مأوى أو نقود وما شابه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חסר-מזל, חסר-כל‬

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