Penniless - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpenɪləs|  American pronunciation of the word penniless
Brit.  |ˈpenɪləs|  British pronunciation of the word penniless

adjective

- not having enough money to pay for necessities (syn: hard up, impecunious, penurious, pinched)

Extra examples

She was unemployed and penniless.

...went from being a penniless girl to owner of her own restaurant...

Uncle Charlie was jobless and penniless.

She threatened to disinherit her son and leave him penniless.

...Jack Kerouac's celebrated novel about penniless free spirits peregrinating the United States....

When the family came here from Russia, they were penniless.

Alone and penniless, I was forced to live on my wits.

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