pennilessness
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pennilessness
noun
- The state or quality of being penniless.
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Synonym of destitution (“extreme poverty”).
I was thinking earlier that to know this city you must first become penniless, because pennilessness (real pennilessness, I mean not having $2 for the subway) forces you to walk everywhere and you see the city best on foot.
Similar: moneylessness, brokeness, beggary, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, indigence, mendicancy, mendicity, misery, neediness, pauperism
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noun being penniless
| Ελληνικά | αδεκαρία adekaría |
|---|---|
| Русский | безде́нежье bezdénežʹje |
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