penniless

English

Etymology

penny +‎ -less

Adjective

penniless (not comparable)

  1. Not having a penny; utterly impoverished; extremely poor.
    • 1889, Horatio Alger, Driven From Home, ch. 10:
      A dollar and a quarter seems a small sum, but if you are absolutely penniless it might as well be a thousand.

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