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pennilessness

NOUN

poverty

Synonyms

STRONG

abjection aridity bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness exiguity famine hardship impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need neediness pass paucity pauperism penuriousness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation straits underdevelopment vacancy want

WEAK

impecuniosity necessitousness

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage affluence benefit blessing comfort ease enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty profit satisfaction sufficiency surplus wealth

Example Sentences

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I’d spent an hour moaning over my latte about my state of pennilessness when my friend interrupted to ask whether I planned on entering my book in the new Writing Australia Unpublished Manuscript award.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2013

She had wanted to wear her sister’s elaborate wedding dress, but their pennilessness called for something less formal.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Christopherson's face was sufficient answer; it reminded me of his pennilessness.

From The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories by Gissing, George

And she could weigh against that the absolute pennilessness of her baronet-son.

From The Way We Live Now by Trollope, Anthony

They lived in dread of the pettiest casual expense, for the day of pennilessness was again approaching.

From New Grub Street by Gissing, George

pennilessness

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