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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
destitute /ˈdɛstɪtjuːt/
▶adjective
- 1 extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself.
- 2 (destitute of) not having.
– derivatives
destitution noun.
destitution noun.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘deserted, abandoned, empty’): from L. destitut-, destituere ‘forsake’.
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