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adj. 1 in want, impoverished, poverty-stricken, poor, indigent, down and out, needy, on one's uppers, badly off, penniless, penurious, impecunious, insolvent, bankrupt, Colloq hard up, broke, US on skid row Why distribute food to destitute families only at Christmas? 2 Usually, destitute of bereft of, deficient in, deprived of, devoid of, lacking (in), wanting (in), in need, needful (of), without The landscape was entirely destitute of trees