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Meanings of penniless in anglès

Not having enough money to pay for necessities.

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        Having no money anymore; having lost all his money.

              Sinònims
              Examples for "broke"
              Examples for "broke"
              1
              However, St. Louis broke through just 55 seconds into the second period.
              Reuters
              2
              However, they broke a long list of lockdown regulations in the process.
              The South African
              3
              Good interactions too often broke down before they reached the opposition area.
              Independent.ie
              4
              The voice of the tall stranger in the corner broke in here:
              Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil
              5
              So I had a really great year - and then went broke.
              Reuters
              1
              Dubai-based Paris Group bought nearly bankrupt fashion house Gianfranco Ferre last year.
              Reuters
              2
              The company has said those affiliates add value to its bankrupt business.
              Reuters
              3
              Rawlings has previously said that pension problems threaten to bankrupt the city.
              Reuters
              4
              The Turpins were declared bankrupt seven years ago, WBC News has reported.
              News.com.au
              5
              Unlike the state, businesses have to produce value -or go bankrupt.
              The South African
              1
              And, when it all suddenly went belly-up, questions began to be asked.
              The Guardian
              2
              The creature tumbled down the wall and lay belly-up on the floor.
              The secret lives of baba segi's wives
              3
              CLearly he hasn't heard about the Red Cafe which went belly-up in Dublin.
              The Irish Times
              4
              After the summer flood the fishermen find carp floating belly-up in the shallows.
              Waiting for the Barbarians
              5
              Like bubbles rising in a cauldron, hundreds of silvery fish bobbed belly-up, dead.
              Mentats of Dune

              Having no money.

                    Usage of penniless in anglès
                    1
                    Twenty years later, unemployed and virtually penniless, he bought the French Laundry.
                    The reach of a chef: beyond the kitchen
                    2
                    My grandparents arrived penniless, started a small family business and voted Tory.
                    The Guardian
                    3
                    Unfortunately, right before they left Tucson, Jimmy informed her they were penniless.
                    Practical Magic
                    4
                    And you can deploy multiple strategies to help prevent a penniless future.
                    Reuters
                    5
                    He probably won't believe you're penniless no matter what we tell him.
                    Frontier courtship
                    6
                    But he was penniless; and Frederick was never liberal of his money.
                    The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
                    7
                    I said the father was a penniless pauper; he died lingeringly bedridden.
                    Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 08
                    8
                    I had started the term penniless, and been scraping by ever since.
                    The Name of the Wind
                    9
                    The sudden death of her father had left her penniless and alone.
                    Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 3
                    10
                    Disarmed and penniless, he could proceed no further in that lawless region.
                    The Valley of the Kings
                    11
                    Mademoiselle d'Arlange is very pretty, and very attractive; but she is penniless.
                    The Lerouge Case
                    12
                    He was an 18year-old English Protestant, penniless but hardworking, ambitious and shrewd.
                    The Irish Times
                    13
                    The woman had come to this country as a motherless, penniless refugee.
                    Roast mortem
                    14
                    Even if you wanted me, I wouldn't have you now you're penniless.
                    In for a penny
                    15
                    He was penniless, just as he had been when he'd started out.
                    Agent 6
                    16
                    It would have thrown me, whom she loved, penniless on the world.
                    The Lock and Key Library: the Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
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