pennilessness
Having no money
Pennilessness is the state of having no money at all.
The word emphasizes complete financial destitution rather than mere poverty: After the divorce, she found herself in a state of utter pennilessness.
It carries a slightly literary or formal tone compared to simply saying someone is broke.
Severe lack of resources
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- penuryExtreme lack of money
- pauperismCondition of being destitute
- impoverishmentState of extreme deprivation
beggary · insolvency · bankruptcy · neediness · want · lack · deficiency · insufficiency
Legal status when insolvent
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- pauperismCondition of being destitute
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
impecuniosity · means-test · debtor · garnishment · exemption · discharge · receivership · liquidation
Need for nourishment
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
- squalorDirty, degraded living conditions
vagrancy · want · scarcity · dearth · neediness · lack · inadequacy
Labored effort against resistance
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- privationLack of necessities
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
misfortune · vulnerability · insecurity · desperation · hopelessness · woe · burden · ordeal
Institution housing poor laborers
- almshouseCharitable home for poor
- poorhouseShelter for the destitute
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- reliefEasing of distress
dole · shelter · pauperization
Economical resource management
- thriftCareful use of resources
- economySystem of trade and production
- simplicityLack of complexity
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
prudence · restraint · conservation · moderation · abstinence · self-denial · temperance · belt-tightening
poverty
Severe lack of resources
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- penuryExtreme lack of money
- pauperismCondition of being destitute
impoverishment · beggary · insolvency · bankruptcy · neediness · want · lack · deficiency · insufficiency · deprivation
bankruptcy
Legal status when insolvent
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- pauperismCondition of being destitute
destitution · impecuniosity · means-test · debtor · garnishment · exemption · discharge · receivership · liquidation · creditor
hunger
Need for nourishment
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
squalor · vagrancy · want · scarcity · dearth · neediness · lack · inadequacy
struggle
Labored effort against resistance
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- privationLack of necessities
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
distress · misfortune · vulnerability · insecurity · desperation · hopelessness · woe · burden · ordeal · difficulty
workhouse
Institution housing poor laborers
relief · dole · shelter · pauperization
frugality
Economical resource management
- thriftCareful use of resources
- economySystem of trade and production
- simplicityLack of complexity
minimalism · prudence · restraint · conservation · moderation · abstinence · self-denial · temperance · belt-tightening · scrimping
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, generational poverty, poverty trap
- deprivationlack, deprivation, need, want, shortage
penny, pennies, penniless, penning, impoverished, pence, impecunious, penurious, moneyless