destitute

destitute [adjective]: lacking food, clothing, and shelter; impoverished.

Example: The economist Jean Dreze has argued that food transfers to the destitute are a good way of using surplus grain .

Related words: destitutely [adverb], destituteness [noun]

Synonyms: bankrupt, beggared, bereft, broke, deficient, depleted, deprived, empty, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, insolvent, moneyless, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, without

Antonyms: affluent, moneyed, prosperous, rich, wealthy

Tags: GRE

Category: Vocabulary words

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