destitute

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Or maybe you worry that if the attorney exploits your relative and leaves them destitute, the rightful heirs will inherit little.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

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 • Feb. 11, 2026

Put it all together, and the modern Dodgers have found a way to make the Evil Empire Yankees look downright destitute.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Steve Smith, from refugee charity Care4Calais, told the BBC: "In terms of people seeking asylum, the government has a duty, under the Refugee Convention, to house those who would be otherwise destitute."

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

And the dam—or paying for it, that is—would be made possible by creating a conservancy district whose boundaries, for taxation purposes, would incorporate almost all the town’s largely destitute citizens.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols