impecuniousness
State of broke
Impecuniousness is the state of having little or no money.
The word is formal and slightly humorous, often used self-deprecatingly or to dress up ordinary poverty in fancy clothes: My current impecuniousness prevents me from joining you for dinner.
The adjective is impecunious.
Extreme poverty, lacking necessities
- penuryExtreme lack of money
- pauperismCondition of being destitute
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- wantTo desire something
neediness · beggary · pennilessness · insolvency · bankruptcy · impoverishment · privation · lack
Lacking permanent residence
- hungerNeed for nourishment
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- debtMoney owed another
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
squalor · eviction · foreclosure · repossession · utility shutoff · food insecurity · shelter · charity
Labored effort against resistance
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- difficultyState of being hard
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
burden · tribulation · woe · misfortune · straitened circumstances · hard times · financial strain · pinching pennies
Careful use of resources
- economizingReducing expenditures deliberately
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- penny-pinchingExtreme reluctance to spend
- scrimpingExcessive thrift, stingy saving
saving · austerity · belt-tightening · cost-cutting · parsimony · sparingness · stretching dollars · bargain-hunting
destitution
Extreme poverty, lacking necessities
- penuryExtreme lack of money
- pauperismCondition of being destitute
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
want · neediness · beggary · pennilessness · insolvency · bankruptcy · impoverishment · privation · lack · scarcity
homelessness
Lacking permanent residence
- hungerNeed for nourishment
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- debtMoney owed another
unemployment · squalor · eviction · foreclosure · repossession · utility shutoff · food insecurity · shelter · charity · welfare
struggle
Labored effort against resistance
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- difficultyState of being hard
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
suffering · burden · tribulation · woe · misfortune · straitened circumstances · hard times · financial strain · pinching pennies · scraping by
thrift
Careful use of resources
- economizingReducing expenditures deliberately
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- penny-pinchingExtreme reluctance to spend
scrimping · saving · austerity · belt-tightening · cost-cutting · parsimony · sparingness · stretching dollars · bargain-hunting · secondhand
impecuniousnesswealth
Abundance of valuable resources
affluence · richness · prosperity · opulence · wealthiness