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impecunious

adjective/ˌɪmpɪˈkjuːnɪəs/

C2CEFR level
70/100Rarity: rare
FormalRegister

Having little or no money; habitually poor.

As an impecunious student he had dined on toast for a year, and the memory still shaped his spending.

Similar: penniless, hard-up, indigent

Origin: From Latin 'in-' (not) plus 'pecunia' (money).

Topic: poverty in General English

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