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Etymology edit

From penniless +‎ -ness.

Noun edit

pennilessness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being penniless.
    • 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.

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