When I, good friends, was called to the bar, I'd an appetite fresh and hearty, But I was, as many young barristers are, An impecunious party.
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Impecunious
//ˌɪm.pəˈkjuː.ni.əs//
Synonyms for "impecunious" (57 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (28)
Adjective(7 words)
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Synonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesrelated to
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1 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- безпаричен adj (lacking money)
Czech
4 entries- chudý adj (lacking money)
- jsoucí bez peněz adj (lacking money)
- jsoucí bez prostředků adj (lacking money)
- nemající peníze adj (lacking money)
Finnish
1 entries- rahaton adj (lacking money)
French
1 entries- impécunieux adj (lacking money)
Māori
2 entries- monikore adj (lacking money)
- pakukore adj (lacking money)
Norwegian
1 entries- fattig adj (lacking money)
Polish
3 entries- biedny adj (lacking money)
- niezamożny adj (lacking money)
- ubogi adj (lacking money)
Spanish
3 entries- impecune adj (lacking money)
- inope adj (lacking money)
- menesteroso adj (lacking money)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
"Then what became of her?" "Her? Which 'her'? The park is full of 'hers.'" "The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff." "Not improbably. I presume she does sometimes take the air. And possibly she may be the happy owner of a Gainsborough hat with green feathers." "Don't be frivolous, please. She was in that victoria." "Then perhaps she was too impecunious to drive both ways."
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[I]t would be a simple matter, sir, to find some impecunious author who would be glad to do the actual composition of the volume for a small fee.
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The Rhymney (51 route miles), once an impecunious hanger-on of the Taff Vale, had enjoyed its own route through Caerphilly into Cardiff since 1871, [...].
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