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destitute
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Into the Wild
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- Long captivated by the writing of Leo Tolstoy, McCandless particularly admired how the great novelist had forsaken a life of wealth and privilege to wander among the destitute.†
p. ii.8 *destitute = extremely poor; or lacking the necessities of life such as food and shelter
- The Slabs functions as the seasonal capital of a teeming itinerant society, a tolerant, rubber-tired culture comprising the retired, the exiled, the destitute, the perpetually unemployed.†
p. 43.6
- I'm not destitute.†
p. 51.3
Definitions:
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(destitute) extremely poor; or lacking the necessities of life such as food and shelter
The expression "destitute of" means: lacking - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)