destitute
Example Sentences
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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.
Coal mining companies failed, and thousands of miners found themselves out of work and their families destitute.
From Literature
Support would still be available for "those who are destitute" but will be withheld from those with permission to work who do not, and from people who break the law or defy removal directions.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
