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IMPECUNIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does impecuniousness mean? 

IMPECUNIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun IMPECUNIOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. a state of lacking moneyplay

  Familiarity information: IMPECUNIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IMPECUNIOUSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of lacking money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

impecuniousness; pennilessness; penuriousness

Hypernyms ("impecuniousness" is a kind of...):

impoverishment; poorness; poverty (the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions)

Derivation:

impecunious (not having enough money to pay for necessities)


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