The phrase "a destitute state" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a condition of extreme poverty or lack of resources, often in a socio-economic context.
Example: "After the economic collapse, many families found themselves in a destitute state, struggling to meet their basic needs."
Alternatives: "a state of poverty" or "an impoverished condition."
After all, Saddam Hussein has turned what was once one of the most prosperous and modern of Arab nations into a destitute state.
The latest Global Hunger Index described hunger in Madhya Pradesh, a destitute state in central India, as "extremely alarming," ranking the state somewhere between Chad and Ethiopia.
When that person lands in a destitute state, there will be further burdens placed on "the state".
A thriving economy, an irrepressible bull market, a nationwide drop in crime and a rudderless, destitute state Democratic Party have made it easy for him to coast into a campaign year looking like a winner, they say.
Although she survived, the trauma of the incident and of the enduring physical difficulties she encountered after the fact left Zgierska in an almost destitute state.
The end of his life was spent in a drunken and destitute state, wandering between slums, hospital and cafes, countering treatment for diabetes, ulcers and syphilis with absinthe.
The scene in Tiangia was repeated in villages throughout the Kandhamal district and several other areas of Orissa, a remote and destitute state in eastern India, witnesses and the police said.
The American ambassador to Haiti, James B. Foley, said in a speech on Tuesday that Haiti must transform itself from a destitute, feudal state torn apart by strife into a modern nation or face deeper ruin.
But having no illusions that the destitute state treasury could pay for the work, it has put the matter into the hands of private citizens.
NEW DELHI — The remote, destitute state of Orissa, marred for years by Hindu-versus-Christian violence, erupted in a retaliatory killing on Monday after the murder of a Hindu leader led a mob to burn small Christian churches, prayer halls and an orphanage that had housed 21 children.
Considering their destitute state, dejected and starving, he never expected them to fight again; he hoped they would carry home the stigma of defeat to the rest of the Confederacy.
