undermoneyed
undermoneyed adjective: insufficiently moneyed (monied; i.e. affluent); in possession of insufficient money; poor.
Adjective
undermoneyed (comparative more undermoneyed, superlative most undermoneyed)
- Insufficiently moneyed (monied; i.e. affluent); in possession of insufficient money; poor.
- Nevertheless, the Church of England has been and is, in the towns, both undermanned and (if the word may be excused) undermoneyed.1883, The Churchman, page 52
- [I thought] George Bush's tax cut for the wealthy, enacted while he was aggressively taxing my unemployment checks, was an assault not on the undermoneyed masses but on me alone.2004, Fred Moody, Seattle and the Demons of Ambition: A Love Story, →ISBN, page 278
Forms of undermoneyed
| comparative | more undermoneyed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most undermoneyed |
Origin of undermoneyed
From under- + moneyed or under- + money + -ed.
Questions about undermoneyed
- What does undermoneyed mean?
- Undermoneyed means insufficiently moneyed (monied; i.e. affluent); in possession of insufficient money; poor.
- What part of speech is undermoneyed?
- Undermoneyed is an adjective.
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