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penniless adjective [ ˈpɛnɪləs ]

• (of a person) having no money; very poor.
• "a penniless young student"
Similar: poor, indigent, impoverished, penurious, impecunious, in penury, moneyless, without a sou, as poor as a church mouse, poverty-stricken, destitute, necessitous, bankrupt, bust, insolvent, needy, in need/want, badly off, in reduced circumstances, in straitened circumstances, hard up, on one's beam-ends, unable to make ends meet, underprivileged, on the breadline, broke, flat broke, cleaned out, strapped for cash, strapped, on one's uppers, stony broke, skint, in Queer Street, stone broke, pauperized, beggared,
Opposite: wealthy, affluent,


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