destitution
noun
[ ˌdɛstɪˈtʃuːʃn ]
• poverty so extreme that one lacks the means to provide for oneself.
• "the family faced eviction and destitution"
Similar:
dire poverty,
extreme poverty,
poverty,
impoverishment,
insolvency,
penury,
pennilessness,
impecuniousness,
privation,
indigence,
ruin,
ruination,
pauperdom,
hardship,
neediness,
need,
want,
dire straits,
deprivation,
disadvantage,
distress,
financial distress,
difficulties,
life on the breadline,
beggary,
mendicancy,
vagrancy,
