Definition of destitute

< destiny

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des·ti·tute    (dst-tt, -tyt) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

1. Utterly lacking; devoid: Young recruits destitute of any experience.
2. Lacking resources or the means of subsistence; completely impoverished. See Synonyms at poor.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Latin dstittus, past participle of dstituere, to abandon : d-, de- + statuere, to set; see st- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
desti·tuteness(Noun)