Destitution

We fight to pull ourselves out of destitution.

I lived my childhood in destitution.

We let destitution proliferate.

They rear their children in destitution.

Did you even care to read what I said, you contemptible embodiment of ignorance and intellectual destitution?

He requires of his fellow man obedience to a very creditable code of morals, but he observes without shame or disapproval his God's utter destitution of morals.

Destitution forces many asylum seekers to end up working for extremely low wages in catering, cleaning and construction, for example, without any protection against unscrupulous employers.