See destitute in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ipa": "/ˈdɛstɪtjuːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɛstɪtʃuːt/",
"note": "yod-coalescence"
},
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking something, devoid",
"word": "vailla"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking something, devoid",
"word": "pozbawiony (czegoś)"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "poor, impoverished, poverty-stricken",
"word": "onbemiddeld"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "poor, impoverished, poverty-stricken",
"word": "varaton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "poor, impoverished, poverty-stricken",
"word": "köyhä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "poor, impoverished, poverty-stricken",
"word": "démuni"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "poor, impoverished, poverty-stricken",
"word": "indigent"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "poor, impoverished, poverty-stricken",
"word": "ubogi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bidnyj",
"sense": "poor, impoverished, poverty-stricken",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бідний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nuždennyj",
"sense": "poor, impoverished, poverty-stricken",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "нужденний"
}
],
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}
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{
"form": "destitutes",
"tags": [
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"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
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},
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}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"categories": [
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],
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"To impoverish; to strip of wealth, resources, etc."
],
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"impoverish",
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[
"strip",
"strip"
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"(transitive) To impoverish; to strip of wealth, resources, etc."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈdɛstɪtjuːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɛstɪtʃuːt/",
"note": "yod-coalescence"
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"ipa": "/ˈdɛstɪtuːt/",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to impoverish",
"word": "köyhdyttää"
}
],
"word": "destitute"
}
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