Broken
Destitute
Destitute adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Broken and destitute are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Broken" instead an adjective "Destitute".
Nearby Words: destitution, destituted
Both words in one sentence
- The Five-Man Band was effectively broken up, leaving Power, Hawk, Tank, and Scout destitute and hopeless in the wilderness.
Source: "What Now?" Ending - Samurai Champloo: Koza in "Misguided Miscreants" is already broken before the episode begins, because she's been living on a destitute island all her life with no family or friends, only sticking around Mukuro because there was nobody else, and she knows she can't survive on her own.
Source: Break The Cutie / Anime
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Destitute and Broken. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/broken/destitute
Broken & Destitute. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/broken/destitute>.
Destitute or Broken. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/broken/destitute.
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