destitutenessn.
The state or condition of being destitute.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > non-possession > [noun] > state of being devoid of something > lacking or being without something
missOE
tharningc1175
missinga1375
lacking1377
wantingc1390
necessitya1393
destitutiona1440
poverty?1440
misture1563
unprovidedness1606
unprovision1631
wantingness1643
carency1655
nudity1656
destituteness1818
1657 J. Gaule Sapientia Justificata 70 The destituteness and desperateness of the Disease.
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) ii. vi. 107 The weakness and destituteness of the Infant.
1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 19 Its utter destituteness of all warrant from Scripture.
1835 E. Greswell Expos. Parables II. 293 The child, in the literal sense of the word, is the emblem of weakness, destituteness, ignorance, imperfection.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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