ETYM Latin destitutus, p. p. of destituere to set away, leave alone, forsake; de + statuere to set. Related to Statute.
Poor enough to need help from others; SYN. impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken.
ETYM Latin im- not + pecunia money: cf. French impécunieux.
Not having money; habitually without money; poor.
Without money; penniless.
ETYM Latin indigent, Latin indigens, p. p. of indigere to stand in need of, from OL. indu (fr. in- in) + Latin egere to be needy, to need.
Destitute of property; lacking the means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want.
Poor; destitute.
ETYM From Penny.
Destitute of money; impecunious; poor.
With the bottom lodged on a reef or shoal in shallow water.
With no source of livelihood, in poverty