destitute (adj.)

  1. poor enough to need help from others

    [ Syn: impoverished , indigent , necessitous , needy , poverty-stricken ]

  2. completely wanting or lacking; writing barren of insight; young recruits destitute of experience; innocent of literary merit; the sentence was devoid of meaning

    [ Syn: barren , devoid , free , innocent ]

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