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Destitute

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

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Nonexistent 84% connected

Not having existence.

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Nonexistent 84% connected

Not having existence.

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Poor 84% connected

Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.

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Poor 84% connected

Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

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Barren 92% connected

Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Devoid 92% connected

To empty out; to remove.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Free 92% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Impoverished 92% connected

of Impoverish

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Indigent 92% connected

Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Innocent 92% connected

Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Necessitous 92% connected

Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Needy 92% connected

Distressed by want of the means of living; very por; indigent; necessitous.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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