ooflessadj.
/ˈuːfləs/, U.S. /ˈufləs/ Having no (ready) money; temporarily poor; hapless.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > lacking money
to the boneOE
silverlessc1325
pennilessc1330
moneylessc1400
impecunious1596
crossless1600
penceless1605
unmoneyed1606
coinless1614
emptya1643
out of pocket1679
money-bound1710
broke1716
embarrassed1744
stiver cramped1785
plackless1786
taper1789
poundlessa1794
shillingless1797
unpennied1804
fundless1809
impecuniary1814
hard up1821
soldier-thighed1825
cashless1833
stiverless1839
fly-blown1853
strapped1857
stick1859
tight1859
stone-broke1886
stony1886
oofless1888
stony-broke1890
motherless1906
penny-pinched1918
skinned1924
skint1925
on the beach1935
potless1936
boracic1959
uptight1967
brassic1982
1888 Bird o' Freedom 10 Oct. 5/2 When Jack is on the spree His love may be termed free, And the tarts will oofless be Till his ship comes back.
1889 E. Dowson Let. 18 Jan. (1967) 26 I shall be very oofless tho' & must I fear be a Pinolitic pittite on the occasion.
1962 I. Guest Empire Ballet vi. 41 Oofless..slang word meaning temporarily impecunious.
1989 ‘C. Roman’ Foreplay ix. 93 For a decent place to crash you ask the stoned cabbie who picks you up at the bus depot... The oofless hack drops me off at a downtown women's hostel.
Derivatives
ˈooflessness n. rare lack of (ready) money; poverty.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > lack of money
pence-lackc1400
a short purse1548
disability1624
low tide1699
embarrassment1727
impecuniosity1818
soldier's thigh1841
pennilessness1852
hard-uppishness1859
hard-upness1869
ooflessness1889
1889 E. Dowson Let. 17 Mar. (1967) 50 I foresee great—great—ooflessness—as the result of this week—much dissipation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1888