resourceless
Lacking any assets
Resourceless means lacking resources—without the money, materials, support, or means needed to accomplish something.
The word describes people or situations marked by scarcity: resourceless refugees with nowhere to turn.
It can also suggest lacking resourcefulness—the inability to improvise solutions when conventional means fail.
Completely without money
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
- impoverishedExtremely lacking in money
- needyWanting in essentials
- deprivedLacking necessities
bankrupt · insolvent · penurious · dispossessed · pauperized · underprivileged · disadvantaged · hand-to-mouth
Lacking readiness beforehand
- ill-equippedLacking necessary preparation
- undersuppliedGiven too little
- short-handedLacking sufficient personnel
- understaffedInsufficient employees for workload
lacking · wanting · deficient · inadequate · insufficient · scarce · sparse · meager
Lacking strength or authority
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- unaidedWithout external support
- unsupportedLacking backing or proof
unassisted · unprotected · dependent · incapable · weak · feeble · exposed · abandoned
Left without means to leave
- maroonedLeft stranded and helpless
- cut-offSeparated or terminated
- inaccessibleCannot be reached
- remoteDistant or controller
secluded · desolate · wilderness · unreachable · outpost · disconnected · off-grid · backcountry
Extremely serious or urgent
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- precariousDangerously insecure
- perilousFraught with danger
crisis · distress · scrambling · grasping · clutching · hand-to-mouth · scrounging · scavenging
penniless
Completely without money
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
- impoverishedExtremely lacking in money
- needyWanting in essentials
deprived · bankrupt · insolvent · penurious · dispossessed · pauperized · underprivileged · disadvantaged · hand-to-mouth · down-and-out
unprepared
Lacking readiness beforehand
- ill-equippedLacking necessary preparation
- undersuppliedGiven too little
- short-handedLacking sufficient personnel
understaffed · lacking · wanting · deficient · inadequate · insufficient · scarce · sparse · meager · bare
powerless
Lacking strength or authority
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- unaidedWithout external support
unsupported · unassisted · unprotected · dependent · incapable · weak · feeble · exposed · abandoned · forlorn
stranded
Left without means to leave
- maroonedLeft stranded and helpless
- cut-offSeparated or terminated
- inaccessibleCannot be reached
remote · secluded · desolate · wilderness · unreachable · outpost · disconnected · off-grid · backcountry · hinterland
dire
Extremely serious or urgent
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- precariousDangerously insecure
perilous · crisis · distress · scrambling · grasping · clutching · hand-to-mouth · scrounging · scavenging · makeshift
resourcelesswealthy
Having abundant financial resources
rich · affluent · prosperous · well-off · resource-rich
resourcelessresourceful
Skilled at solving problems
well-equipped · ingenious · inventive · capable · self-sufficient
resourcelesswell-equipped
Having adequate supplies
provisioned · equipped · prepared · supplied · stocked
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