| destitute | | |
| adj. | 1. destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken | poor enough to need help from others. |
| ~ poor | having little money or few possessions.; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret" |
| adj. | 2. barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent | completely wanting or lacking.; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" |
| ~ nonexistent | not having existence or being or actuality.; "chimeras are nonexistent" |
| poor | | |
| n. (group) | 1. poor, poor people | people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group).; "the urban poor need assistance" |
| ~ plural, plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one. |
| ~ people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively.; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" |
| ~ homeless | poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in.; "the homeless became a problem in the large cities" |
| ~ needy | needy people collectively.; "they try to help the needy" |
| adj. | 2. hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched | deserving or inciting pity.; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" |
| ~ unfortunate | not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune.; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned" |
| adj. | 3. poor | having little money or few possessions.; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret" |
| ~ underprivileged | lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society. |
| ~ broke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke | lacking funds.; "`skint' is a British slang term" |
| ~ destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken | poor enough to need help from others. |
| ~ hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched | not having enough money to pay for necessities. |
| ~ moneyless | having no money.; "virtually moneyless rural regions" |
| ~ unprovided for | without income or means.; "left his family unprovided for" |
| adj. | 4. poor | characterized by or indicating poverty.; "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town" |
| ~ beggarly, mean | marked by poverty befitting a beggar.; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut" |
| ~ slummy | (of housing or residential areas) indicative of poverty.; "a slummy part of town"; "slum conditions" |
| adj. | 5. poor | lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances.; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value" |
| ~ resourceless | lacking or deficient in natural resources. |
| adj. | 6. inadequate, poor, short | not sufficient to meet a need.; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience" |
| ~ insufficient, deficient | of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement.; "insufficient funds" |
| adj. | 7. poor | unsatisfactory.; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor" |
| ~ bad | having undesirable or negative qualities.; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" |
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