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  • 11destitute of reason — index fatuous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 12destitute — (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

  • 13destitute — 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

  • 14destitute — [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,… …

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  • 15destitute — adj. destitute of (destitute of feeling) * * * [ destɪtjuːt] destitute of (destitute of feeling) …

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  • 16destitute — des|ti|tute [ˈdestıtju:t US tu:t] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: destitutus, past participle of destituere to set down, leave ] 1.) having no money, no food, no home etc ▪ The floods left many people destitute . 2.) be destitute of sth… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17destitute — adjective 1 having no money, no food, and nowhere to live: Many people were so destitute they lived out of garbage cans. 2 be destitute of formal to be completely without something: a man destitute of all compassion destitution noun (U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18destitute — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin destitutus, past participle of destituere to abandon, deprive, from de + statuere to set up more at statute Date: 14th century 1. lacking something needed or desirable < a lake destitute of fish > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 19destitute — destitutely, adv. destituteness, n. /des ti tooht , tyooht /, adj., v., destituted, destituting. adj. 1. without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing, and shelter. 2. deprived of, devoid of, or lacking (often fol. by of): destitute of&#8230; …

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  • 20destitute — [[t]de̱stɪtjuːt, AM tuːt[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is destitute has no money or possessions. [FORMAL] ...destitute children who live on the streets …

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