Penniless - English meaning

adjective

(of a person or organization) declared in law as unable to pay their debts.

Usage examples:

His father went bankrupt and the family had to sell their home

noun

A person judged by a court to be insolvent, whose property is taken and disposed of for the benefit of their creditors.

Usage examples:

But we will provide more effective protection against the small minority of bankrupts who abuse the…

verb

Reduce (a person or organization) to bankruptcy.

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The strike nearly bankrupted the union

noun

A woman's chest as measured around her breasts.

Usage examples:

A 36-inch bust

verb

Break, split, or burst.

Usage examples:

They bust the tunnel wide open

adjective

Damaged or broken.

Usage examples:

The vacuum cleaner's bust

adjective

Extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself.

Usage examples:

The charity cares for destitute children

adjective

Without money, possessions, or any of the things needed to live

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These groups gathered clothing, schoolbooks, and medical supplies for the destitute flood victims.

adjective

Without money, food, a home, or possessions

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During the global economic crisis many people were left destitute., poverty and destitution are wid…

adjective

Having little or no money.

Usage examples:

A titled but impecunious family

adjective

Having very little money

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The company suffered huge losses as its young, impecunious buyers failed to start to make payments …

adjective

(of a person or area) made poor.

Usage examples:

Impoverished villages

verb

Make (a person or area) poor.

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The wars had impoverished him

adjective

Extremely poor

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An impoverished family

adjective

Poor; needy.

Usage examples:

A charity for the relief of indigent artists

noun

A needy person.

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Automatons, illiterates and indigents of every shape and size, don't stop but aid this cruel crusad…

adjective

Having no money or anything else of value

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An indigent family

adjective

Unable to pay debts owed.

Usage examples:

The company became insolvent

noun

An insolvent person.

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Since when did insolvents have the right to impose their failed prescriptions on flourishing entrep…

adjective

(esp. of a company) unable to pay what you owe because you do not have enough money

Usage examples:

When it discovered the loans could not be repaid, the bank became insolvent.

adjective

(of a person) lacking the necessities of life; needy.

Usage examples:

Dried milk was supplied to necessitous mothers

adjective

(of a person) lacking the necessities of life; very poor.

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Needy and elderly people

adjective

Extremely poor; poverty-stricken.

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A penurious old tramp

adjective

Extremely poor

adjective

Lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society.

Usage examples:

They were too poor to afford a telephone

adjective

Extremely poor

Usage examples:

My grandparents arrived in this country as poverty-stricken immigrants.