pennilessness

English

Etymology

From penniless +‎ -ness.

Noun

pennilessness (uncountable)

The state or quality of being penniless.
- 2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 156:
  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.

Translations

being penniless

Greek: αδεκαρία (el) f (adekaría)
Hungarian: pénztelenség (hu)
Indonesian: kemelaratan (id)
Russian: безде́нежье (ru) n (bezdénežʹje)

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