1. (

• destitute ,
• impoverished ,
• indigent ,
• necessitous ,
• needy ,
• poverty-stricken

) poor enough to need help from others ;

2. (

• barren ,
• destitute ,
• devoid ,
• free ,
• innocent

) completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" ;