without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing, and shelter.

deprived of, devoid of, or lacking (often fol. by of )

destitute of children.

to leave destitute.

adjective

lucky , prosperous , rich , secure , wealthy

adjective

bankrupt , beggared , bereft , busted , dead broke , deficient , depleted , deprived of , devoid of , dirt poor , divested , drained , empty , exhausted , flat * , flat broke , impecunious , impoverished , indigent , in need of , insolvent , lacking , moneyless , necessitous , needy , on the breadline , on the rocks , penniless , penurious , pinched , played out , poor , poverty-stricken , stony , strapped , stripped , totaled , wiped out , without , barren , devoid , innocent , void , wanting , beggarly , down-and-out , abandoned , broke , defeated , deprived , desolate , devastated , down and out , forsaken , homeless , very poor , wasted