All 4 Uses of
destitute
in
Bleak House
- What the destitute subject of such an offer tried to say, I need not repeat.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- He has no idea, poor wretch, of the spiritual destitution of a coral reef in the Pacific or what it costs to look up the precious souls among the coco-nuts and bread-fruit.†
Chpt 16-18
- How could you do otherwise, being totally destitute of the sympathies with which he overflows!†
Chpt 22-24
- His face appeared to me to be quite destitute of colour, and now that I saw him without his seeing me, I fully saw, for the first time, how worn away he was.†
Chpt 64-65
Definition:
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(destitute) extremely poor; or lacking the necessities of life such as food and shelter
The expression "destitute of" means: lacking