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
"You go to an area like the Richtersveld… you see how destitute the people are," Mr Fredericks says.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025
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
Plantation owners were suddenly destitute, and state governments, shackled by war debt, were penniless.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing destitute
A Christmas Carol
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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