1. (a.) Forsaken; poverty-stricken\; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of.

2. (a.) Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor.

3. (v. t.) To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon.

4. (v. t.) To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; -- followed by of.

5. (v. t.) To disappoint.

badly off bankrupt bereft of broke broken busted deficient depleted deprived of destitute of devoid of divested down-and-out drained empty exhausted failed fortuneless hard up homeless impecunious impoverished in need in receivership in the gutter in the red in want indigent innocent insolvent landless moneyless necessitous needy on the rocks out of funds penniless penurious poor poverty poverty-stricken propertyless ruined stripped void without without a sou