destitute
Example Sentences
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The Dominican nuns who run the kitchen prepare food for about 80 elderly or destitute people -- growing numbers of Cubans are forced to rummage through garbage bins for food -- each day.
From Barron's
Put it all together, and the modern Dodgers have found a way to make the Evil Empire Yankees look downright destitute.
According to the document, Lockwood “demanded” the information be used “to orchestrate a settlement for him and his daughters,” whom he said were “financially destitute.”
From Los Angeles Times
"You go to an area like the Richtersveld… you see how destitute the people are," Mr Fredericks says.
From BBC
Modi, as the Italian was affectionately called, was urbane, well-groomed and handsome, while Soutine was destitute, sickly and notoriously unwashed.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
