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impecunious
/ˌɪm.pəˈkjuː.ni.əs/
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What does impecunious mean?
adjective
- Lacking money.
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That is to say, it inhibits activity in the directions in which the impecunious members of the community habitually put forth their efforts.
But I was, as many young barristers are, An impecunious party.
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It was with the help of this simple piece of mechanism and a good long pull from Eyraud that the impecunious couple hoped to refill their pockets.
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.
Flattered by the implication, but at the same time quite impecunious, the night before Christmas he nonchalantly walked through a neighboring department store and stole a manicure set for one little sister and a string of beads for the other.