Destitute
Destitute adjective - Completely wanting or lacking.
Usage example: young recruits destitute of experience
Nearby Words: destitution, destituted
Free
Free adjective - Completely wanting or lacking.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Similar to the "Babygirl" examples under Real Life, a minor unseen character in The Wee Free Men is Miss Female Infant Robinson, who was brought up in a Home for the Destitute, and who got her name due to her dying mother assuming that since it was written down, it must be official.
Source: Last Minute Baby Naming - We don't learn much about the Home for the Destitute in The Wee Free Men, except that Miss Female Infant Robinson, who grew up there, also ends up damaged, and this is apparently not uncommon - the Chalk's only prison is next door, and there's popularly believed to be a connecting door to save time.
Source: Orphanage of Fear
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