pennilessness
pennilessness noun: the state or quality of being penniless.
Noun
pennilessness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being penniless.
- Synonym of destitution (“extreme poverty”).
- 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.2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 156
- Synonym of destitution (“extreme poverty”).
pennilessness meaning in Kannada and Indonesian
pennilessness in Kannada
- being penniless
- ಅಕಿಂಚನ್ಯ akiñcanya
pennilessness in Indonesian
- being penniless
- kemelaratan
Synonyms of pennilessness
- moneylessness
- brokeness
- beggary
- destitution
- impecuniosity
- impecuniousness
- indigence
- mendicancy
- mendicity
- misery
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Origin of pennilessness
From penniless + -ness.
Questions about pennilessness
- What does pennilessness mean?
- Pennilessness means the state or quality of being penniless.
- What is pennilessness in Kannada?
- Pennilessness in Kannada is ಅಕಿಂಚನ್ಯ (akiñcanya). See Pennilessness meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is pennilessness?
- Pennilessness is a noun.
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