PENNILESSNESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of lacking money

Synonyms:

impecuniousness; pennilessness; penuriousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("pennilessness" is a kind of...):

impoverishment; poorness; poverty (the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions)

Derivation:

penniless (not having enough money to pay for necessities)

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