impecunious


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im·pe·cu·ni·ous

 (ĭm′pĭ-kyo͞o′nē-əs)
adj.
Having little or no money.

[in- + pecunious, rich (from Middle English, from Old French pecunios, from Latin pecūniōsus, from pecūnia, money, wealth; see peku- in Indo-European roots).]

im′pe·cu′ni·ous·ly adv.
im′pe·cu′ni·os′i·ty (-ŏs′ĭ-tē) n.
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impecunious

(ˌɪmpɪˈkjuːnɪəs)
adj
without money; penniless
[C16: from im- (not) + -pecunious, from Latin pecūniōsus wealthy, from pecūnia money]
ˌimpeˈcuniously adv
ˌimpeˈcuniousness, impecuniosity n
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im•pe•cu•ni•ous

(ˌɪm pɪˈkyu ni əs)

adj.
having little or no money; penniless.
[1590–1600; im-2 + obsolete pecunious wealthy < Latin pecūniōsus, derivative of pecūni(a) wealth]
im`pe•cu′ni•ous•ly, adv.
im`pe•cu′ni•ous•ness, im`pe•cu`ni•os′i•ty (-ˈɒs ɪ ti) n.
syn: See poor.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.impecunious - not having enough money to pay for necessities
poor - having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
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impecunious

adjective poor, broke (informal), penniless, short, strapped (slang), stony (Brit. slang), cleaned out (slang), insolvent, destitute, poverty-stricken, down and out, skint (Brit. slang), indigent, dirt-poor (informal), flat broke (informal) Back in the eighties he was an impecunious, would-be racing driver.
rich, wealthy, prosperous, affluent, well-off, well-to-do
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impecunious

adjective
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Translations
rahaton

impecunious

[ˌɪmpɪˈkjuːnɪəs] ADJ (frm or hum) → falto de dinero
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impecunious

[ˌɪmpɪˈkjuːniəs] adjimpécunieux/euse
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impecunious

adjmittellos, unbemittelt
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impecunious

[ˌɪmpɪˈkjuːnɪəs] adj (frm) → indigente
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References in classic literature ?
Had I been "La-di-da," that impecunious youth about whom we superior folk are so sarcastic, I would have changed my penny for two ha'pennies.
As it was precisely of that love that poor Winsett was starving to death, Archer looked with a sort of vicarious envy at this eager impecunious young man who had fared so richly in his poverty.
Fyne asserted--formed a plot already to marry eventually her charge to an impecunious relation of her own--a young man with furtive eyes and something impudent in his manner, whom that woman called her nephew, and whom she was always having down to stay with her.
Scrubby, impecunious men drift to and fro there, waiting for the gods to provide something easy; and the prudent man, conscious of the possession of loose change, whizzes through the danger zone at his best speed, 'like one that on a lonesome road doth walk in fear and dread, and having once turned round walks on, and turns no more his head, because he knows a frightful fiend doth close behind him tread.' In the seven minutes he had been waiting two frightful fiends closed in on Lord Dawlish, requesting loans of five shillings till Wednesday week and Saturday week respectively, and he had parted with the money without a murmur.
Thorndike had put even royalty-- frayed, impecunious royalty, on the lookout for a loan--at its ease.
A versatile and entertaining companion, by turns prosperous and impecunious, and an optimist always, Gardiner Hubbard became a really indispensable factor as the first advance agent of the telephone business.
This fiend has several imprudent letters--imprudent, Watson, nothing worse--which were written to an impecunious young squire in the country.
'This crook-nosed, gross-bodied harpy'; 'this civic sinner, this judicial highwayman'; 'possessing the morals of the Tenderloin and an honor which thieves' honor puts to shame'; 'who compounds criminality with shyster-sharks, and in atonement railroads the unfortunate and impecunious to rotting cells,'--and so forth and so forth, style sophomoric and devoid of the dignity and tone one would employ in a dissertation on 'Surplus Value,' or 'The Fallacies of Marxism,' but just the stuff the dear public likes.
He said that welfare of impecunious strata's under Ehsaas Programme is a commendable initiative and the first step towards a welfare state like Madina for the deprived segment of society.
LAHORE -- Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that economic wellbeing of the impecunious strata will be ensured by the government as the development of human resources is the focal point of the PTI government's policies.
She added that the Chairman also highlighted the PEF's achievements, its role and contribution in promoting quality education to impecunious and marginalised strata of Punjab.
The purpose of social protection policy is to bring ease in the lives of the impecunious strata.