Dictionary

moneyless en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈmʌniləs/

Etymology

From Middle English moneyeles, equivalent to money + -less.

Meanings

1. Having no (or very little) money.
   • The result, say the few moneyless militants, is a divided national Indian leadership populated by Uncle Tomahawks, or “apples,” red on the outside, white on the inside. 1973 November 11, “The American Indians”, in The New York Times:
   • "There's a lot of times I wished I would have died because I was pathetic," [Stewart] says matter of factly. "I guess I started digging a hole for myself and it got so bad I got homeless, moneyless, friendless. I just started covering myself up instead of climbing out of the hole." 2006 October 25, Stan Grossfeld, “Ex-Sox pitcher Stewart threw it all away when he succumbed to drugs”, in Boston.com:
2. That does not use money as a means of exchange.
   • In eras when trade was largely by barter and taxes were usually paid in kind, moneyless transactions could constitute a large percentage of a national economy.
   • Near-synonym: nonmoney

Forms

Deriveds

moneylessness

Relateds

unmoneyed · cashless

Synonyms

disadvantaged · poverty-stricken · destitute · in need · empty-handed · flat · stone-broke · possessionless · farthingless · broker than the Ten Commandments · feeling the pinch · bankrupt · goodless · needy · stony-broke · down on one's uppers · badly off · penniless · beggarly · boracic · almsless · hard up · pinched · penniless · poor as Job · groatless · shillingless · down at heel · stuck · oofless · moneyless · unwealthy · broken · down on one's luck · impecunious · poverty-ridden · necessitous · impoverished · arm · strapped · penurious · broke · pauperized · wealthless · down and out · depauperate · poor · beggared · insolvent · indigent · nonmoney · lower-class · threadbare · poor as a church mouse · skint · dirt poor · poor as a rat · pok kai · destitute

Translations (18)

cmn 貧窮 /贫穷 (having no or very little money) · uk безгроше́вий (that does not use money as a means of exchange) · bg безпаричен (having no or very little money) · ky акчасыз (having no or very little money) · enm moneyeles (having no or very little money) · cmn 一文不名 (having no or very little money) · de Geldlos (having no or very little money) · cmn 不使用金錢的 /不使用金钱的 (that does not use money as a means of exchange) · pl bez grosza przy duszy (having no or very little money) · io senpekunia (having no or very little money) · uk безгроше́вий (having no or very little money) · pl bezpieniężny (that does not use money as a means of exchange) · uk безгрошови́й (that does not use money as a means of exchange) · fi rahaton (having no or very little money) · uk безгрошови́й (having no or very little money) · ky акчасыз (that does not use money as a means of exchange) · ru безде́нежный (having no or very little money) · fi käteisvapaa (that does not use money as a means of exchange)