lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.

Archaic .

deficient in what is requisite.

destitute (usually fol. by of ).

a person who is indigent.

adjective

rich , wealthy

adjective

beggared , busted , destitute , down and out , flat broke , hard up * , homeless , impecunious , impoverished , in want , necessitous , needy , penniless , penurious , poverty-stricken , beggarly , down-and-out , lacking , poor , wanting

noun

beggar , down-and-out , down-and-outer , have-not