adj. not having enough money to pay for necessities
The drought left the farmer penniless.
The drought left the farmer penniless.
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His desertion of his wife and children left them penniless.
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The profligate spender was soon penniless.
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''It seems inconceivable to me that he should die penniless as you would have us to believe.'' What does 'inconceivable' mean?
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In the sentence, Vermeer died penniless, what does penniless mean?
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Ill and penniless he was in sad straits indeed.
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hard up; poor; pinched
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3 syllables
pen-ni-less
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