as in poverty
the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions
such was the level of my impecuniosity that I could not afford to eat at the cheapest greasy spoon
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Noun
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Wyandotte County has a higher proportion of people who are uninsured and more children living in poverty than state and national rates reflect.—
Sofi Zeman
April 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2026 -
Struggling to pay her bills and hosting her fresh-out-of-rehab ex-wrestler father, Jinx (Nick Offerman), Margo starts an OnlyFans account hoping to pull herself and her family out of poverty.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In that case, misery turned into something less miserable (at least until the start of the playoffs).—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
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Two decades of misery In truth, Italy started the game on top, scoring in the 15th minute through Fiorentina forward Moise Kean to set up what should have been a smooth, routine win.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Impecuniosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impecuniosity. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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