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English
Etymology
From penniless + -ness.
Noun
pennilessness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being penniless.
- Synonym of destitution (“extreme poverty”)
- Synonyms: moneylessness; brokeness; see also Thesaurus:poverty
2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 156:I was thinking earlier that to know this city you must first become penniless, because pennilessness (real pennilessness, I mean not having $2 for the subway) forces you to walk everywhere and you see the city best on foot.
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