penniless
Use Penniless in a sentence
ɪ adjective
without any money whatsoever; totally impoverished; destitute.
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penniless (ˈpɛnɪlɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| very poor; almost totally without money | |
| 'pennilessly | |
| —adv | |
| 'pennilessness | |
| —n | |
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Penniless
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Example sentences
Employees has worked many years and gave dedicated service and where left penniless.
Half the people you knew were penniless and beginning all over again.
He was sometimes wealthy, sometimes penniless, often in danger.
Washed up and penniless before they are of legal age.
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