destitute
Without any resources
Destitute means utterly lacking in resources, especially money.
A destitute person has nothing—no income, no savings, no means of support: The flood left hundreds of families destitute.
The word can also describe complete absence of something abstract: destitute of hope, destitute of any real talent.
Destitute is stronger than poor; it suggests desperate, rock-bottom poverty.
Lacking usual social advantages
- disadvantagedLacking social or economic resources
- needyWanting in essentials
- necessitousExtremely poor, destitute
- wantingAbsent or insufficient
lacking · starving · hungry · malnourished · impoverished · struggling · hardship · subsistence
Completely without money
- penuriousExcessively frugal or poor
- pauperizedMade extremely poor
- impecuniousHabitually without money
- bankruptUnable to repay debts
insolvent · beggarly · hand-to-mouth · straitened · broke · ruined · moneyless · skint
Completely abandoned or discarded
- desertedLeft behind, uninhabited
- neglectedNot given proper attention
- discardedGotten rid of
- rejectedRefused or turned away
stranded · disowned · marooned · forgotten · shunned · outcast · cast-off · left-behind
Completely without hope
- desperateDriven by urgent need
- forlornSad and abandoned
- wretchedExtremely unhappy or unfortunate
- helplessUnable to act independently
powerless · resigned · despondent · disconsolate · dejected · miserable · anguished · woebegone
Shifted from proper location
- evictedRemoved from property legally
- dispossessedDeprived of home or land
- uprootedRemoved from foundation
- landlessOwning no real estate
stateless · shelterless · unsheltered · roofless · refugees · vagrants · transients · squatters
underprivileged
Lacking usual social advantages
- disadvantagedLacking social or economic resources
- needyWanting in essentials
- necessitousExtremely poor, destitute
wanting · lacking · starving · hungry · malnourished · impoverished · struggling · hardship · subsistence · poverty-stricken
penniless
Completely without money
- penuriousExcessively frugal or poor
- pauperizedMade extremely poor
- impecuniousHabitually without money
bankrupt · insolvent · beggarly · hand-to-mouth · straitened · broke · ruined · moneyless · skint · penury
forsaken
Completely abandoned or discarded
rejected · stranded · disowned · marooned · forgotten · shunned · outcast · cast-off · left-behind · orphaned
despairing
Completely without hope
helpless · powerless · resigned · despondent · disconsolate · dejected · miserable · anguished · woebegone · downtrodden
displaced
Shifted from proper location
- evictedRemoved from property legally
- dispossessedDeprived of home or land
- uprootedRemoved from foundation
landless · stateless · shelterless · unsheltered · roofless · refugees · vagrants · transients · squatters · shantytown
- financesmoney, affluence, cash, bankrupt, income
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- financial ruinbankrupt, bankruptcy, bust, busted, broke
- social classupper class, middle class, lower class, working class, social class
- wealth statuspoor, rich, wealthy, affluent, middle-class
- Disadvantageddisadvantaged, underprivileged, vulnerable, marginalized, needy
destitutewealthy
Having abundant financial resources
rich · affluent · prosperous · opulent · moneyed
destitutereplete
Completely filled
full · filled · abundant · overflowing · supplied
destitutesecure
Protected from harm
comfortable · stable · established · settled · lucky
- destitute childrenYouth in extreme poverty