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fortuneless

ADJECTIVE
necessitous
Synonyms
WEAK
bad off bankrupt beggared beggarly behind the eight ball broke destitute dirt poor down-and-out empty-handed flat flat broke hard up impecunious impoverished in need in want indigent insolvent low meager moneyless needy on one's uppers pauperized penniless penurious pinched poverty-stricken reduced scanty stone broke strapped suffering truly needy underprivileged unprosperous
ADJECTIVE
poor
Synonyms
STRONGEST
destitute impoverished indigent low meager needy penniless poverty-stricken underprivileged
STRONG
bankrupt down-and-out flat insolvent scanty suffering
WEAK
bad off beggared beggarly behind the eight ball broke dirt poor empty-handed flat broke hard up impecunious in need in want moneyless necessitous pauperized penurious pinched reduced stone broke strapped truly needy unprosperous
Antonyms
STRONGEST
affluent prosperous rich wealthy well-to-do
STRONG
comfortable fortunate solvent
ADJECTIVE
strapped
Synonyms
STRONGEST
impoverished
STRONG
beggared broke
WEAK
dirt poor flat out of money penniless penurious poor stone broke
Antonyms
WEAK
rich wealthy

Example Sentences

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Is life richer with a fortuneless love match, or with all the wealth in the world and a stable union devoid of romantic passion?

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Perhaps in her heart of hearts she rejoiced at getting Mary engaged, even to so humble a suitor as fortuneless John Hammond.

From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

She knew that Lesbia had loved her fortuneless suitor; and she did not know that the wound was cured, even by a season in the little-great world of Cannes.

From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

The former this brother," M. d'A. says, "had not energy of character to undertake in the desperate manner in which he risked it himself, friendless and fortuneless, to live in exile as he could.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Burney, Fanny

What matter that he was fortuneless, a nobody, with but the poorest chances of success in the world?

From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)