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Destitute of people. Poe.

Destitute of pith, or of strength; feeble. Dryden. "Pithless argumentation." Glandstone.

Destitute of pity; hard-hearted; merciless; as, a pitilessmaster; pitiless elements.

Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.

Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect. -- Pow"er*less*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*less*ness, n.

An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies and the Rocky mountains. From the forests and the prairies, From the great lakes of the northland. Longfel…

The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations.

order of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by large claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal sting; the false scorpions. Called also Pseudoscorpii, and Pseudoscorpionina. See Illust. of Book scorpion, under Book.

A genus of American Cretaceous pterodactyls destitute of teeth. Several species are known, some of which had an expanse of wings of twenty feet or more.

A group of pterodactyls destitute of teeth, as in the genus Pteranodon.

Destitute of a manly or courageous strength and firmness of mind; of weak spirit; mean-spirited; spiritless; cowardly; -- said of persons, as, a pussillanimous prince.

Destitute of rain; as, a rainless region.

rder of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu, and apteryx are examples.

Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes.

Destitute of a realm. Keats.

Destitute of reason; as, a reasonless man or mind. Shak.

Destitute of reeds; as, reedless banks.

se of refuge, a charitable institution for giving shelter and protection to the homeless, destitute, or tempted.

Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism. For this the avenging power employs his darts,.. Thus will persist, relentless in his ire. Dryden. -- Re*lent"less*ly, adv. -- Re*lent…

Destitute of relief; also, remediless.