skint

adjective

ˈskint How to pronounce skint (audio)
Definition of skintnext
chiefly British
as in impoverished
lacking money or material possessions an area of London where skint punk rockers would hang out

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  1. impoverished
  2. poor
  3. broke
  4. penniless
  5. bankrupt
Adjective
  • The United Nations says more than 1,600 people have been killed and more than 300,000 displaced since fighting resumed in the impoverished country.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The white South African group governed the nation for decades under a brutal system of segregation known as apartheid, which kept the Black majority an impoverished underclass until the system was dismantled in 1994.
    — Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of impoverished
Adjective
  • Nearby residents have argued that the large apartment complex will be a poor fit for their neighborhood, citing concerns about traffic congestion and fire department access, among other things.
    — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The Lions’ high-flying offense is at its best on turf, not nearly as fast on grass, and their poor red zone defense has been an issue.
    — Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of poor
Adjective
  • Morning Glory Milking Farm is the tale of a broke postgraduate who takes a job collecting minotaur semen for a pharmaceutical company.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Chastain goes for broke with melodrama as both the real and fake Mommies.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of broke
Adjective
  • Yet after the apparent death of Captain Crewe in World War I, Sara’s headmistress confines the now-penniless child in the school’s attic.
    — Sohini Sarah Pillai, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
  • In the summer of 1927 three young men of means ran into a neighbor from back home in Winnetka, Illinois, on the streets of Paris, who was stranded with a penniless delegation of labor leaders and educators intended for Moscow.
    — Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of penniless
Adjective
  • Solyndra, a now-bankrupt solar panel manufacturer, collapsed two years later, and the taxpayer absorbed the loss and the political damage.
    — Mariana Mazzucato, Time, 29 Oct. 2026
  • This is going to cause somebody to go bankrupt and ruin their lives.
    — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of bankrupt
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“Skint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skint. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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