destitutes
/ˈdɛstɪtuts/
noun
- People who are extremely poor and lack the basic necessities of life.
- The government launched a program to help destitutes find housing and jobs.
- Many destitutes rely on donations from local charities to survive.
- The shelter provides meals and beds for the destitutes in the city.
verb
- Third person singular present tense of destitute (rarely used as a verb; meaning: to make someone extremely poor or deprive them of something).
- Greed destitutes the poor while enriching the powerful.
- The war destitutes entire communities, leaving them without homes or food.
- A bad harvest destitutes the farmers who depend on their crops.