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destitute
01
extremely poor and lacking basic necessities
Formal
Examples
The destitute family relied on charity for their meals.
02
lacking essential non-material needs, such as support, love, or community
Formal
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most destitute
Comparative
more destitute
gradable
domain
society, condition, needs
Examples
Modern society is destitute of genuine community bonds.
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