Meaning- very poor or having little or no money.
Synonym- PAUPERIZED
Antonym- AFFLUENT, PLUSH, PROSPEROUS, OPULENT
Explanation- Destitute, impecunious, penurious, indigent and penniless means poor. Impoverish has two meanings. It means to make someone poor or to deplete the quality or richness of something.
For example –
• poor farming practices impoverished the soil.
• Dictators enriched themselves but impoverished the public.
Uses of Destitute-
• He got fired from job and now he is destitute.
• Many families were left destitute by the second world war.
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