wealthlessadj.
/ˈwɛlθlɪs/ rare.
Without wealth, having no money. In quot. 1605 absol.
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the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor
havelessOE
unrichOE
waedlec1000
armOE
nakedOE
helplessc1175
wantsomec1175
poora1200
barec1220
needfula1225
misease?c1225
unwealya1300
needyc1325
feeblec1330
poorful1372
mischievousc1390
miseasedc1390
indigentc1400
meanc1400
naughtyc1400
succourless1412
unwealthyc1412
behove1413
misterousa1425
misterfulc1480
miserablec1485
beggarly1545
starved1563
threadbare1577
penurious1590
fortuneless1596
wealthless1605
wantful1607
necessitous1611
inopulent1613
titheless1615
egene1631
starveling1638
necessitated1646
inopious1656
parsimonious1782
unopulent1782
lacking1805
bushed1819
obolary1820
ill-to-do1853
down at heel1856
po'1866
needsome1870
down-at-heeled1884
rocky1921
1605 A. Warren Poore Mans Passions B 2 b In vaine the wealthlesse doe their wants repeat.
1799 T. Campbell Pleasures of Hope & Other Poems ii. 42 Barr'd from delight by Fate's untimely hand, By wealthless lot, or pitiless command.
1886 A. Weir Hist. Basis Mod. Europe (1889) 220 Wealthless maidens..cut off their..locks in order to get a mite for the national cause.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adj.1605