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adjective

impecunious

having little or no money

In a sentence

Six example sentences with impecunious, each labelled with its topic.

  • Grub Street was full of impecunious poets who sold sonnets by the yard to pay for coal.

    Literature

  • An impecunious sculptor traded a bronze bust for six months of rent and a bag of groceries.

    Art

  • The founders were impecunious enough to sleep in the office and split one burrito between three of them.

    Startups

  • The impecunious quartet shared one rented van and slept in it between festivals for an entire summer.

    Music

  • Impecunious backpackers learn the hostels with free breakfast and the trains where a night ticket saves a hotel.

    Travel

  • Spinoza stayed impecunious by choice, grinding lenses for a living rather than accepting a professorship with strings attached.

    Philosophy

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