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I . des·ti·tute [ˈdestɪtju:t] ADJ

destitute

II . des·ti·tute [ˈdestɪtju:t] N the destitute pl

destitute
reveži m pl

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English
In 1784, there was a society for the relief of destitute strangers, but the records of this organization have disappeared.
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They return to the temple, where food is distributed each night to the destitute.
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She spent lavishly and by 1912, she was destitute.
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The property-less employee escaped the tithes and taxes and received, when destitute, the parish pay.
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His long illness had dwindled his savings leaving his widow and children destitute.
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As they now met the empire's qualifications for financial aid; to wit, being destitute and potentially dangerous, they received it.
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The inhabitants were to be given several days' notice, and care was to be taken that they were not to be left destitute.
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They over-dressed with tight-fitting unsanitary clothing made by the sweated labor of the diseased and destitute.
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Poultry, both wild and domestic and fish were available to all but the most destitute.
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Following many years of neglect and destitute poverty, in 1968 parts of the town were set aside for them as a reserve.
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