ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsIimpecunious
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impecunious
Meaning: having little or no money
impecunious in a sentence
How impecunious is used in real sentences:
The impecunious artist could not afford new canvas.
The impecunious student lived on rice and lentils.
“An impecunious council could not afford indefinite trail closures.”
— from the passage The Patient Burn
“At the clinic, she found Inez Calder, once an impecunious single mother who had postponed tests because she could not afford the bus fare.”
— from the passage The Case She Carried
“The founder, Elias Vane, had been an impecunious craftsman working under a contract that withheld payment until the bell passed inspection.”
— from the passage The Fault in the Bronze
Synonyms for impecunious
Other words for impecunious — poor, penniless and destitute — carry the same meaning.
- poor
- penniless
- destitute
Antonyms of impecunious
Words that mean the opposite of impecunious:
- wealthy
- affluent
- rich
Where it comes from
From Latin im- 'not' + pecunia 'money'
Word parts
- in/im/ir — not, opposite
impecunious: im- (not) + pecuni (money)
Memory hook
IM (no) + PECUNIA (money) — no money.
Practice impecunious in the app