The phrase "a destitute" is correct and usable in written English.
It means 'someone who is extremely poor or lacking in resources'. Example: The destitute family took up residence in a homeless shelter.
That fact alone puts him in distinguished company: with the Preacher in "Pale… Nauru is a destitute Pacific island with a population of just over nine thousand.
Wilson was one of many children in a destitute household.
I am a destitute like all these others".
The programs fed, clothed, nursed and sheltered a destitute population.
The state refers to her as a destitute person.
Some of the others really are in a destitute situation".
And who could be more in need of a home than a destitute Calcutta orphan?
He tried to pay charges for a destitute asylum seeker brought to court.
Now I am in a destitute condition and am obliged to appeal to you".
Nauru is a destitute Pacific island with a population of just over nine thousand.
Isak Abdi Saney, a destitute farmer, is on a death watch.
