DESTITUTE

(adj.) completely wanting or lacking
"writing barren of insight", "young recruits destitute of experience", "innocent of literary merit", "the sentence was devoid of meaning"
synonyms : barren , devoid , free , innocent
Billions of years ago, the planet Earth was a world destitute of living things. -added by Administrator
(adj.) poor enough to need help from others
synonyms : impoverished , indigent , necessitous , needy , poverty-stricken
Rich people should do something to improve the living conditions of the those living in destitute conditions. -added by Administrator

-tagged by Administrator

someone in destitute condition

Selected Mnemonic for destitute

(Tag: Global) Destitute sounds like 'this institute'; Imagine someone advising you "It's not worth studying in this institute, as it's difficult to get a job after studying from there and hence will destitute you (make you poor)."
added by nic42991

Mnemonics for destitute

(Tag: ) like prostitute......they r poor thats why they det into prostitution.... no hard feelings
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(Tag: ) Break it as DE+INSTITUE...that means the person whi has never been to any INSTITUTE..i.e. who is ILLITERATE is very poor
added by kaustubh Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: Hindi) destitute ~ desi (indian) tutors are always ready to teach students in destitute condition for free.
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(Tag: ) Dave's attitude (homophone of destitute) looks like a poor's.
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(Tag: english) Person who is not astute ends up being destitute.
added by omniscient Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) sounds like desi tute(tution)....so a guy who is attending tution in desi langaues shows he is very poor.
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