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单词 destitution
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Definition of destitution in English:

destitution

noun ˌdɛstɪˈtjuːʃnˌdɛstɪˈtʃuːʃnˌdɛstəˈt(j)uʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • Poverty so extreme that one lacks the means to provide for oneself.

    the family faced eviction and destitution
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In fact the utter destitution of the desperate was not just predicted: it was planned for.
    • Seaweed farming was an important part of the Japanese farmers' diets and after suffering years of unreliable harvests they were facing 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

ablution, absolution, allocution, attribution, circumlocution, circumvolution, Confucian, constitution, contribution, convolution, counter-revolution, dilution, diminution, distribution, electrocution, elocution, evolution, execution, institution, interlocution, irresolution, Lilliputian, locution, perlocution, persecution, pollution, prosecution, prostitution, restitution, retribution, Rosicrucian, solution, substitution, volution

Definition of destitution in US English:

destitution

nounˌdɛstəˈt(j)uʃ(ə)nˌdestəˈt(y)o͞oSH(ə)n
  • Poverty so extreme that one lacks the means to provide for oneself.

    the family faced eviction and destitution
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They are by far the largest group amongst the fifth of India's population who live in extreme poverty and destitution.
    • In fact the utter destitution of the desperate was not just predicted: it was planned for.
    • Seaweed farming was an important part of the Japanese farmers' diets and after suffering years of unreliable harvests they were facing 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
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