From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpennilesspen‧ni‧less /ˈpenɪləs/ adjective POORsomeone who is penniless has no money → broke Uncle Charlie was jobless and penniless.► see thesaurus at poor
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penniless• I don't want to go down in history as a great songwriter because I died penniless.• I had reached their house late at night from the train station, absolutely penniless.• Uncle Charlie was also with us now, and Uncle Charlie was jobless and penniless.• A group of deaf people were left penniless after their holiday was cancelled.• In the late Fifties and early Sixties these proved irresistible to a group of penniless artists looking for space for free.• Ruling over these penniless black workpeople was a society of cultivated, well-mannered whites, a powerful colonial aristocracy.• She died penniless, in 1951, of liver and heart failure.• He had gone from being a penniless student to become a multimillionaire.From Longman Business Dictionarypennilesspen‧ni‧less /ˈpenɪləs/ adjective having no moneyMany of the migrants arrive penniless. 