treasureless
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a word derived from
treasure.
treasurenounwealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate.
Example Sentences
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First he took up scuba diving; later he embarked on a long trail of treasureless sea hunts, barely supporting his growing family as a peripatetic encyclopedia salesman and brickworker.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Indignation ran rife among the Lookouts when on Thursday evening they came into the dismaying knowledge that thanks to Mignon, Susan Atwell had become a treasureless treasurer.
From Marjorie Dean High School Senior by Josephine Chase
Susan, you are no longer a treasureless treasurer.
From Marjorie Dean High School Senior by Josephine Chase
"Of what use is it to have a treasureless treasurer?"
From Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus by Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower