Definition of Destitute

	Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog Now!
Home - Quote Topics - Quotes of the Day - Quote Keywords - Author Types - Quotation Trivia Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Destitute

Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of.

Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor.

To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon.

To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; -- followed by of.

To disappoint.

Related Definitions:

Abandon, Be, By, Cause, Condition, Deficient, Deprive, Desirable, Destitute, Devoid, Disappoint, Followed, Forsake, Forsaken, Having, In, Lacking, Leave, Life, Make, Necessaries, Necessary, Needy, Not, Of, Often, Or, Poor, Possessing, Possession, Something, The, To, Very, Want, Without

Destitute Quotations

I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.
Charlie Chaplin

Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.
Ambrose Bierce

Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.
Lord Acton

If a commodity were in no way useful, - in other words, if it could in no way contribute to our gratification, - it would be destitute of exchangeable value, however scarce it might be, or whatever quantity of labour might be necessary to procure it.
David Ricardo

Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water.
Paul Farmer

It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch.
Thor Heyerdahl

Paul Farmer has helped to build amazing health care system in one of the poorest areas of Haiti. He founded Partners in Health, which serves the destitute and the sick in many parts of the world from Haiti to Boston and from Russia to Peru.
Tracy Kidder

If I'd seen a grown man beating a crippled boy, of course I'd intervene. If my father died and left my mother destitute, it's your instinct to take care of her. So when I started to think about it in those terms, it started to make sense to me.
Charlie Hunnam

Several million people inside and outside Afghanistan are destitute and desperately in need of help.
Lakhdar Brahimi

ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national government.
Thomas Bulfinch

Destitute Translations

destitute in Latin is egenus
destitute in Spanish is destituir
destitute in Swedish is utblottad, utfattig

Quotes