destitution
/ˌdɛstɪˈtʃuːʃn/ /ˌdɛstɪˈtjuːʃn
/noun [mass noun]
Poverty so extreme that one lacks the means to provide for oneself: the family faced eviction and destitution...
- They are by far the largest group amongst the fifth of India's population who live in extreme poverty and destitution.
- If in two months stories of starvation and destitution continue to emerge out of Aceh, severe criticism will rain down on the government.
- More than two million other people from Darfur are in extreme destitution, immediately requiring aid.
Synonyms
dire poverty, extreme poverty, poverty, impoverishment, insolvency, penury, pennilessness, impecuniousness, privation, indigence, ruin, ruination, pauperdom;
hardship, neediness, need, want, reduced/straitened circumstances, dire straits, deprivation, disadvantage, distress, financial distress, difficulties;
life on the breadline;
beggary, mendicancy, vagrancy
Rhymes
- national service man
- National Socialism
- National Socialist
- National Society
- national superannuation
- national theater
- national theatre
- national treasure
- National Trust
- nationalty
- National Vocational Qualification
- nation builder
- nation-building
- Nation, Carrie
- nationhood
- nationist
- nationless
- nation maker
- nation-making
- Nation of Islam
- nation state
- nationwide
- native
- native ad
- native advertising