Humanitarian Assistance Terms

noun a person without the basic necessities of life; someone who is extremely poor

adjective lacking the basic necessities of life; extremely poor

• The government provided aid to the destitute families affected by the natural disaster.
• We need to help out our destitute neighbors who are struggling to make ends meet.
• It breaks my heart to see people living in such destitute conditions.
• The abandoned building stood as a destitute reminder of better days gone by.

noun a person who has been evacuated from a place of danger to a safer location

• The evacuee was provided with temporary shelter after being displaced by the natural disaster.
• The evacuee stayed with friends until they could return home.
• The evacuee crashed on a buddy's couch until things settled down.
• She felt like an evacuee in her own home after the renovations started.