destituteness
/dɛˈstɪtutnəs/
noun
- The state of being extremely poor and lacking the basic necessities of life, such as food, shelter, and clothing.
- The charity works to relieve the destituteness of families living on the streets.
- After losing his job, he fell into a period of deep destituteness.
- The novel vividly describes the destituteness of the rural villagers during the famine.