"destitute" in the adjective sense
1. destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken
poor enough to need help from others
2. barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent
completely wanting or lacking
"writing barren of insight"
"young recruits destitute of experience"
"innocent of literary merit"
"the sentence was devoid of meaning"
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