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Destitute of religion.

Being without remorse; having no pity; hence, destitute of sensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; merciless. "Remorseless adversaries." South. "With remorseless cruelty." Milton.

Destitute of resources. Burke. -- Re*source"less*ness, n. R. Browning.

One of a proposed class of flowering plants growning on the roots of other plants and destitute of green foliage.

Destitute of rhyme. Bp. Hall.

Destitute of right. Sylvester.

Destitute of a rind.

y species of duck belonging to Anas, Spatula, and allied genera, in which the hind toe is destitute of a membranous lobe, as in the mallard and pintail; -- opposed to sea duck. -- River god, a deity supposed to preside over a river as its tutelary divinity. -- River herring (Zoöl.), an alewife. -- River hog. (Zoöl.)…

Destitute of roads.

Destitute of roots.

Destitute of rule; lawless. Spenser.

Destitute of a rump.

Destitute of sails. Pollok.

Destitute of salt; insipid.

Destitute of blood; pale. [R.]

Without; deprived or destitute of. Rarely used as an English word. "Sans fail." Chaucer. Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. Shak.

Destitute of sap; not juicy.

etable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees. [Spelt also savannah.] Savannahs are clear pieces land without woods. Dampier. Savanna flower (Bot.), a West Indian name for several climbing apocyneous plants of the genus Echites. -- Savanna sparrow (Zoöl.),…

Having no savor; destitute of smell or of taste; insipid.

A small North American owl (Nyctale Acadica), destitute of ear tufts and having feathered toes; -- called also Acadian owl.