Definition of "penniless" []

• Entirely without money. (adjective)
• Very poor. See Synonyms at poor. (adjective)

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• "It was natural, therefore, that he should have objected to your father's engagement to what he called a penniless governess."
• "That's true in a strictly financial sense, but I think most human beings would feel that the work of a man who spends his life inoculating the penniless is worth more than the work of the man who tends to Paris Hilton's little dog."
• "#20 - I agree that making single mothers homeless and penniless is not the answer."