be+destitute+of

  • 31destitute —   Nele loa, hune, ilihune, māhune.   Also: pakaneo, puhikole, akakole, akole, ilikole, kuleleiwi, pōka o, ōlohe, ōlohelohe, ka a ka lolo, aupapa, hemahema, auwalakī, ho oneo, kōhahe.    ♦ To make destitute, ho onele, kā i ka nele loa …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 32destitute — Not possessing necessaries of life; in condition of extreme want; bereft; lacking possessions and resources. Destitute of Bennington County by Van Santvoord v. Henry W. Putnam Memorial Hospital, 125 Vt. 289, 215 A.2d 134, 138. See also indigent …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 33destitute — Not possessing necessaries of life; in condition of extreme want; bereft; lacking possessions and resources. Destitute of Bennington County by Van Santvoord v. Henry W. Putnam Memorial Hospital, 125 Vt. 289, 215 A.2d 134, 138. See also indigent …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 34destitute — Poor, indigent. 41 Am J1st Poor L § 4. Without means of support either in property or in a person legally bound to furnish support. Supreme Council Catholic Benev. Legion v Grove, 176 Ind 356, 96 NE 159. See destitute circumstances …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 35destitute circumstances — A relative term. A wife or child is in destitute circumstances when in need of the necessities of life, meaning not only primitive physical needs, things absolutely indispensable to human existence and decency, but also things which are in fact… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 36destitute person — A poor or indigent person. 41 Am J1st Poor L § 4. See destitute circumstances …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 37destitute — adj. 1 without food, shelter, etc.; completely impoverished. 2 (usu. foll. by of) lacking (destitute of friends). Derivatives: destitution n. Etymology: ME f. L destitutus past part. of destituere forsake (as DE , statuere place) …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 38destitute — adjective /dɛstɪtjuːt/ Lacking something; devoid; especially lacking money; poor, impoverished, poverty stricken …

    Wiktionary

  • 39destitute — des|ti|tute [ destı,tut ] adjective with no money or possessions …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 40destitute — see STATUE …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins