Adjective: destitute 'des-ti,t(y)oot
- Poor enough to need help from others
"The destitute family struggled to afford basic food and shelter";
- impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken, dirt-poor [informal]
- Completely wanting or lacking
"young recruits destitute of experience";
- barren, devoid, free, innocent, empty
See also: inexistent [rare], nonexistent, poor
Encyclopedia: Destitute