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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈpɛ.nɪ.ləs/
Etymology: From Middle English penyles, penylees; equivalent to penny + -less. Compare Old Norse penningalauss (“penniless”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|penyles}} Middle English penyles, {{suf|en|penny|less}} penny + -less, {{cog|non|penningalauss|t=penniless}} Old Norse penningalauss (“penniless”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} penniless (not comparable)
  1. Lacking even the smallest amount of money. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Poverty Synonyms: farthingless, ;, moneyless, ;, destitute, impoverished Translations (utterly without money): فقير (Arabic), নিকড়িয়া (nikoṛiẏa) (Bengali), কপর্দকশূন্য (kopordokśunno) (Bengali), didra (Breton), безпаричен (bezparičen) (Bulgarian), 一貧如洗 (Chinese Mandarin), 一贫如洗 (yīpínrúxǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 身無分文 (Chinese Mandarin), 身无分文 (shēnwúfēnwén) (Chinese Mandarin), 囊空如洗 (nángkōngrúxǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 不名一文 (bùmíngyīwén) (Chinese Mandarin), 一文不名 (yīwénbùmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), senmona (Esperanto), pennitön (Finnish), sans le sou (French), mittellos (German), ohne Geld (German), ohne einen Pfennig (German), απένταρος (apéntaros) (Greek), निकौड़िया (nikauṛiyā) [masculine] (Hindi), nincstelen (Hungarian), melarat (Indonesian), fakir (Indonesian), spiantato (Italian), squattrinato (Italian), scannato (Italian), 一文無し (ichimonnashi) (alt: いちもんなし) (Japanese), 無一文 (muichimon) (alt: むいちもん) (Japanese), 文無し (monnashi) (alt: もんなし) (Japanese), 무일푼인 (mu'ilpun-in) (Korean), fakir (Malay), pengelens (Norwegian), bez grosza przy duszy (Polish), paupérrimo (Portuguese), безде́нежный (bezdénežnyj) (Russian), без гроша́ (bez grošá) (Russian), без копе́йки (bez kopéjki) (Russian), на мели́ (na melí) (Russian), miserable (Spanish), безгрошови́й (bezhrošovýj) (Ukrainian), без гро́шей (bez hróšej) (Ukrainian), nenpänidik (Volapük), nenmonik (Volapük)
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  2. (numismatics, of a country's system of money) Abstaining from the use of penny coins, despite having fully decimalized currency, via rounding of cash transactions (but not necessarily of cashless ones). Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Currency
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pennyless Derived forms: penniless-bench, pennilessness
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          "word": "فقير"
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          "sense": "utterly without money",
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          "roman": "bezparičen",
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          "word": "一貧如洗"
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          "roman": "yīpínrúxǐ",
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      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "فقير"
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      "word": "囊空如洗"
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      "word": "senmona"
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      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "pennitön"
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      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "sans le sou"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "mittellos"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "ohne Geld"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "ohne einen Pfennig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "apéntaros",
      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "απένταρος"
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      "word": "निकौड़िया"
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      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "nincstelen"
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "melarat"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "fakir"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "spiantato"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "squattrinato"
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      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "scannato"
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      "word": "一文無し"
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      "word": "無一文"
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      "alt": "もんなし",
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      "word": "文無し"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mu'ilpun-in",
      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "무일푼인"
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      "word": "fakir"
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      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "pengelens"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "bez grosza przy duszy"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "paupérrimo"
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      "roman": "bezdénežnyj",
      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "безде́нежный"
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      "roman": "bez grošá",
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      "word": "без гроша́"
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      "roman": "bez kopéjki",
      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "без копе́йки"
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      "roman": "na melí",
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      "word": "на мели́"
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      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "miserable"
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      "roman": "bezhrošovýj",
      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "безгрошови́й"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "bez hróšej",
      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "без гро́шей"
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    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "utterly without money",
      "word": "nenpänidik"
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