Destitute woman with daughter having nothing (6)
I believe the answer is:
devoid
'destitute' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'woman with daughter having nothing' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'devi' ().
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'having' is an insertion indicator.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'devi'+'d'='devid'
'devid' placed around 'o' is 'DEVOID'.
(Other definitions for devoid that I've seen before include "Completely lacking" , "Empty - do dive (anag)" , "Free (of something)" , "Lacking or free from" , "Entirely lacking" .)