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destitution (noun)

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  • destitution — destitute des‧ti‧tute [ˈdesttjuːt ǁ tuːt] adjective having no money, no food, and nowhere to live: • San Francisco has targeted the problems of street litter and homelessness by hiring destitute citizens to perform jobs cleaning up the city.… …   Financial and business terms

  • destitution — destitute ► ADJECTIVE 1) extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself. 2) (destitute of) not having. DERIVATIVES destitution noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «deserted, abandoned»: from Latin destituere forsake …   English terms dictionary

  • destitution — noun /dɛstɪtjuːʃ(ə)n,dɛstɪˈtʃuːʃ(ə)n/ a) Discharge from office; dismissal. He requires of his fellow man obedience to a very creditable code of morals, but he observes without shame or disapproval his Gods utter destitution of morals. b) The… …   Wiktionary

  • destitution — noun Date: 15th century the state of being destitute; especially such extreme want as threatens life unless relieved Synonyms: see poverty …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • destitution — noun a state without friends or money or prospects • Hypernyms: ↑poverty, ↑poorness, ↑impoverishment …   Useful english dictionary

  • destitution — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. indigence, want, privation; see poverty 1 . See Synonym Study at poverty . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being extremely poor: beggary, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, need,… …   English dictionary for students

  • destitution — des|ti|tu|tion [ ,destı tuʃn ] noun uncount the state of having no money or possessions …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • destitution — UK [ˌdestɪˈtjuːʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌdestɪˈtuʃ(ə)n] noun [uncountable] the state of having no money or possessions …   English dictionary

  • destitution — /dɛstəˈtjuʃən/ (say destuh tyoohshuhn) noun 1. want of the means of subsistence; utter poverty. 2. deprivation. {Middle English, from Latin dēstitūtio} …  

  • destitute — des‧ti‧tute [ˈdesttjuːt ǁ tuːt] adjective having no money, no food, and nowhere to live: • San Francisco has targeted the problems of street litter and homelessness by hiring destitute citizens to perform jobs cleaning up the city. destitution… …   Financial and business terms

  • destitute — [ dɛstɪtju:t] adjective 1》 extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself. 2》 (destitute of) not having. Derivatives destitution noun Origin ME (in the sense deserted, abandoned, empty ): from L. destitut , destituere forsake …   English new terms dictionary

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