impecunious
adjective
having little or no money; penniless; poor.
impecuniousness
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a word derived from
impecunious.
Example Sentences
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This was a period defined by impecuniousness; in his 20s he shared a tatty Lower East Side apartment with rodents.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 9, 2015
There was reason for believing that David's stolid silence regarding his own concerns concealed a general impecuniousness quite as pronounced as that of the artist friends whose cause he pleaded.
From War-time Silhouettes by Stephen Hudson
An impecuniousness so unexpressed, so delicate, so patrician could never have weighed with Philippa against Reggy's charm.
From The Return of the Prodigal by May Sinclair
They offended the fastidious aristocrats with whom he associated, and combined with his impecuniousness to make him seem unsuitable for a great place.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Charles Dudley Warner
Having seen him anxious from time to time, and suspecting his student's impecuniousness, Maréchal had of his own accord offered and lent him money, a few hundred francs perhaps, forgotten by both, and never repaid.
From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. by Guy de Maupassant
