Definition of destitute Destitute

/dɛˈstʌtuˌt/ - [destutut] - des•ti•tute

We found 12 definitions of destitute from 6 different sources.

What does destitute mean?

Adjective
destitute - poor enough to need help from others
		impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken
		poor unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor"
destitute - completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"
		barren, devoid, free, innocent

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destitute (Adjective)
Lacking something; devoid; especially lacking money; poor, impoverished, poverty-stricken.

destitute (a.)
Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of.
destitute (a.)
Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor.
destitute (v. t.)
To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon.
destitute (v. t.)
To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; -- followed by of.
destitute (v. t.)
To disappoint.

destitute
des′ti-tūt, adj. left alone: forsaken: in want, needy—v.t. to forsake: to deprive.—n. Destitu′tion, the state of being destitute: deprivation of office: poverty. [L. destituĕre, -ūtum—de, away, and statuĕre, to place.]