Definitions for Penniless
ˈpɛn ɪ lɪspen·ni·less

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances(p), penniless, penurious, pinchedadjective

   not having enough money to pay for necessities

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. pennilessadjective

   Not having a penny; utterly impoverished; extremely poor.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pennilessadjective

   Moneyless: poor; wanting money.

   Etymology: from penny.

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1. penniless

   Poverty is a state or condition in which a person lacks the financial resources and essentials for a certain standard of living. Poverty can have diverse social, economic, and political causes and effects. When evaluating poverty in statistics or economics there are two main measures: absolute poverty compares income against the amount needed to meet basic personal needs, such as food, clothing, and shelter; relative poverty measures when a person cannot meet a minimum level of living standards, compared to others in the same time and place. The definition of relative poverty varies from one country to another, or from one society to another.Statistically, as of 2019, most of the world's population live in poverty: in PPP dollars, 85% of people live on less than $30 per day, two-thirds live on less than $10 per day, and 10% live on less than $1.90 per day now changed to 2.15$/day.(extreme poverty). According to the World Bank Group in 2020, more than 40% of the poor live in conflict-affected countries. Even when countries experience economic development, the poorest citizens of middle-income countries frequently do not gain an adequate share of their countries' increased wealth to leave poverty. Governments and non-governmental organizations have experimented with a number of different policies and programs for poverty alleviation, such as electrification in rural areas or housing first policies in urban areas. The international policy frameworks for poverty alleviation, established by the United Nations in 2015, are summarized in Sustainable Development Goal 1: "No Poverty". Social forces, such as gender, disability, race and ethnicity, can exacerbate issues of poverty—with women, children and minorities frequently bearing unequal burdens of poverty. Moreover, impoverished individuals are more vulnerable to the effects of other social issues, such as the environmental effects of industry or the impacts of climate change or other natural disasters or extreme weather events. Poverty can also make other social problems worse; economic pressures on impoverished communities frequently play a part in deforestation, biodiversity loss and ethnic conflict. For this reason, the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and other international policy programs, such as the international recovery from COVID-19, emphasize the connection of poverty alleviation with other societal goals.

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1. penniless

   Penniless refers to being without money; in a state of extreme poverty. It describes a condition of having no cash or any other financial resources.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pennilessadjective

   destitute of money; impecunious; poor

2. Etymology: [From Penny.]

How to pronounce Penniless?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Penniless in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Penniless in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Penniless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Penniless in a Sentence

1. Bui Thi Nhung:

   I don't want to stay home, marry young and live penniless, i'll try my luck next time.

2. Christopher McCandless:

   Tramping is too easy with all this money. My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal... I've decided that I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty of it is just too good to pass up.

3. Maneesh Nariwal:

   Making complaints against stock brokers to SEBI is useless because brokers and Sebi are both hands in glove to make investors penniless

4. Theo Francken:

   Many of these people pay 10,000 euros ($11,000) to get here. It's naive to say they have not 50 euros for a hotel room. It's a caricature to see them as completely penniless.

5. Henry Ford:

   There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to another, all the world's ills will be cured.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Penniless
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Penniless
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Penniless
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penniless
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Penniless