pennilessness

English

Etymology

From penniless +‎ -ness.

Noun

pennilessness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being penniless.
   1. Synonym of destitution (“extreme poverty”)

      Synonyms: moneylessness; brokeness; see also Thesaurus:poverty

      • 2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 156:

        I was thinking earlier that to know this city you must first become penniless, because pennilessness (real pennilessness, I mean not having $2 for the subway) forces you to walk everywhere and you see the city best on foot.

Translations

being penniless

• Greek: αδεκαρία (el) f (adekaría)
• Hungarian: pénztelenség (hu)
• Indonesian: kemelaratan (id)
• Russian: безде́нежье (ru) n (bezdénežʹje)