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be penniless
adjective
Not having a penny; utterly impoverished; extremely poor.
Exact(27)
Less than a decade after retiring, they would be penniless.
He will be penniless and homeless and unskilled and with a criminal record.
It is tough to be penniless in Dawson in the winter.
We are terrified that we will be penniless and infirm in our old age.
On paper he'll be penniless, and Mindy will end up working as a travel agent to support her little girls.
The softhearted Betty has fixed up the klutzy Wilma with a job, believing her to be penniless and homeless.
Similar(33)
He is penniless.
But she was penniless.
People are penniless".
I'm penniless, absolutely penniless.
He was penniless.
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