destituteness


des·ti·tute

D0166100 (dĕs′tĭ-to͞ot′, -tyo͞ot′)adj.1. Lacking resources or the means of subsistence; completely impoverished.2. Utterly lacking; devoid: Young recruits destitute of any experience.
[Middle English, from Latin dēstitūtus, past participle of dēstituere, to abandon : dē-, de- + statuere, to set; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
des′ti·tute′ness n.