All 3 Uses
destitute
in
Enrique's Journey (Adapted for Young People)
(Edited)
- Sometimes they live on emergency welfare, by which the government pays for medical care and food for people who are destitute.
p. 29.8 *destitute = extremely poor
- It is on his seventh attempt that he suffers the injuries that leave him destitute in Las Anonas.
p. 58.9
- Grandparents who get money to care for children left behind would be destitute without the payments.
p. 229.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(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)