destitute
Adjective Satellite
- poor enough to need help from others
- completely wanting or lacking
- "young recruits destitute of experience"
Adj
- Lacking something; devoid.
- Lacking money, poor, impoverished; especially, extremely so.
Verb
- To impoverish; to strip of wealth, resources, etc.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English destitute, destitut, from Latin dēstitūtus.
Synonyms
barren, devoid, free, impoverished, indigent, innocent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken
Scrabble Score: 10
destitute: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddestitute: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
destitute: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
destitute: valid Words With Friends Word