impecunious

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American Heritage Dictionary:

im·pe·cu·ni·ous

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(ĭm'pĭ-kyū'nē-əs) pronunciation
adj.
Lacking money; penniless. See synonyms at poor.

[IN-1 + pecunious, rich (from Middle English , from Old French pecunios , from Latin pecūniōsus , from pecūnia, money, wealth).]

impecuniously im'pe·cu'ni·ous·ly adv.
impecuniousness im'pe·cu'ni·ous·ness or im'pe·cu'ni·os'i·ty (-ŏs'ĭ-tē) n.

Roget's Thesaurus:

impecunious

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adjective

    Having little or no money or wealth: beggarly, destitute, down-and-out, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken. Informal broke, strapped. Idioms: hard up, on one's uppers. See rich/poor.

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adj

Definition: poverty-stricken
Antonyms: moneyed, rich, wealthy

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impecunious

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Having little or no money.

pronunciation An impecunious family may be rich in love.

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Translations:

Impecunious

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fattig, ubemidlet

Nederlands (Dutch)
onvermogend

Français (French)
adj. - impécunieux (sout)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mittellos

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ενδεής

Italiano (Italian)
indigente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sem dinheiro

Русский (Russian)
безденежный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - indigente, falto de recursos

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - medellös, obemedlad

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
没有钱的, 贫穷的, 身无分文的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 沒有錢的, 貧窮的, 身無分文的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 돈이 없는, 무일푼의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 貧乏な, 無一文の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مفلس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עני‬


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