be left destitute
1destitute — des‧ti‧tute [ˈdesttjuːt 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… …
2destitute — adjective 1) she was left destitute Syn: penniless, poor, impoverished, poverty stricken, impecunious, without a cent/penny (to one s name); needy, in straitened circumstances, distressed, badly off; informal hard up, broke, flat broke, strapped… …
3destitute — des|ti|tute [ˈdestıtju:t US tu:t] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: destitutus, past participle of destituere to set down, leave ] 1.) having no money, no food, no home etc ▪ The floods left many people destitute . 2.) be destitute of sth… …
4destitute or necessitous circumstances — Circumstances in which one needs the necessaries of life, which cover not only primitive physical needs, things absolutely indispensable to human existence and decency, but those things, also, which are in fact necessary to the particular person… …
5destitute or necessitous circumstances — Circumstances in which one needs the necessaries of life, which cover not only primitive physical needs, things absolutely indispensable to human existence and decency, but those things, also, which are in fact necessary to the particular person… …
6destitution — destitute des‧ti‧tute [ˈdesttjuːt 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.… …
7HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
8East End of London — The East End of London, known locally as the East End, is the area of London, England, east of the medieval walled City of London and north of the River Thames, although it is not defined by universally accepted formal boundaries. Use of the term …
9Doctor Zhivago (film) — Doctor Zhivago Theatrical release poster by Tom Jung Directed by David Lean Produced by Carlo Ponti …
10poor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. indigent (see poverty); inferior, faulty, unsatisfactory, imperfect, defective; humble; weak, flimsy. See insufficiency, imperfection, disease.Ant., rich, wealthy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking …
