单词	penniless
释义	penniless adjective pen·​ni·​less ˈpe-ni-ləs  : destitute of money Synonyms beggared beggarly broke destitute dirt-poor down-and-out famished hard up impecunious impoverished indigent necessitous needful needy pauperized penurious poor poverty-stricken skint [chiefly British] threadbare See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences She was unemployed and penniless. went from being a penniless girl to owner of her own restaurant Recent Examples on the Web His family fled Greece after a revolution and were largely penniless. Rachel Elbaum, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2022 Virtually penniless upon arriving on US soil, the Ly family, including the grandmother, went straight to work at a manufacturing plant through a program that helped assimilate immigrants to the US. The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022 Some of the gentry might prosper and over the decades expand their presence to additional households, while others might go penniless and turn over their properties to those still or newly rich. Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022 Despite many notable accomplishments beyond those related to the cubic, Tartaglia died penniless and largely unknown, whereas Cardano achieved everlasting fame. Quanta Magazine, 30 June 2022 Lena Aldridge, a talented but penniless London nightclub singer, is travelling for a part on Broadway. Carole E. Barrowman, Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2022 Her parents, who owned a flower business in a small town in the Luhansk region, have themselves been left homeless and penniless and are staying in a village near Mykolaiv. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 14 June 2022 About half were able to leave, turned overnight into penniless refugees. Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022 Éric, a penniless man who lives in his car, rejects his 10-year-old autistic son Esteban, who is living in the care of his uncle. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 2 May 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition penniless adjective pen·​ni·​less ˈpe-ni-ləs  : very poor : having no money penniless adjective as in impoverished lacking money or material possessions went from being a penniless girl to owner of her own restaurant Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance impoverished poor broke destitute bankrupt beggared impecunious indigent bankrupted pauperized penurious famished needy deprived skint beggarly depressed necessitous dirt-poor poverty-stricken down-and-out needful threadbare disadvantaged hard up dispossessed distressed underprivileged insolvent ruined out at elbows out of pocket out at the elbows down on one's luck busted bust reduced pinched hardscrabble unaffluent straitened short poorish cash-strapped possessionless hand-to-mouth tapped out low Antonyms & Near Antonyms wealthy affluent rich moneyed monied opulent fat well-to-do well-off flush prosperous well-heeled comfortable fat-cat deep-pocketed silk-stocking See More
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