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Miami, in many ways, is a quintessentially American city. The juxtaposition of showy wealth with dire pennilessness, the tussle of glitz and decay doesn't come any more marked than here.
Tibor Fischer

Meaning of "pennilessness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PENNILESSNESS

pennilessness  [ˈpenɪləsnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PENNILESSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pennilessness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PENNILESSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pennilessness

Poverty

Poverty is general scarcity or dearth, or the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution refers to the deprivation of basic human needs, which commonly includes food, water, sanitation, clothing, shelter, health care and education. Relative poverty is defined contextually as economic inequality in the location or society in which people live. After the industrial revolution, mass production in factories made production goods increasingly less expensive and more accessible. Of more importance is the modernization of agriculture, such as fertilizers, to provide enough yield to feed the population. The supply of basic needs can be restricted by constraints on government services such as corruption, tax avoidance, debt and loan conditionalities and by the brain drain of health care and educational professionals. Strategies of increasing income to make basic needs more affordable typically include welfare, economic freedoms, and providing financial services. Poverty reduction is a major goal and issue for many international organizations such as the United Nations and the World Bank. The World Bank estimated 1.

Definition of pennilessness in the English dictionary

The definition of pennilessness in the dictionary is the state or condition of being very poor.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PENNILESSNESS


airlessness
ˈɛələsnəs
effortlessness
ˈɛfətləsnəs
endlessness
ˈɛndləsnəs
fabulousness
ˈfæbjʊləsnəs
flawlessness
ˈflɔːləsnəs
godlessness
ˈɡɒdləsnəs
harmlessness
ˈhɑːmləsnəs
heedlessness
ˈhiːdləsnəs
jealousness
ˈdʒɛləsnəs
joylessness
ˈdʒɔɪləsnəs
landlessness
ˈlændləsnəs
meaninglessness
ˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs
mercilessness
ˈmɜːsɪləsnəs
mindlessness
ˈmaɪndləsnəs
pitilessness
ˈpɪtɪləsnəs
raylessness
ˈreɪləsnəs
scurrilousness
ˈskʌrɪləsnəs
statelessness
ˈsteɪtləsnəs
weightlessness
ˈweɪtləsnəs
worklessness
ˈwɜːkləsnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PENNILESSNESS

penned
penneech
penner
Penney
penni
pennied
pennies
penniform
penniless
pennilessly
pennill
pennillion
pennine
Pennine Alps
Pennine Chain
Pennine Range
Pennine Way
Pennines
penning
penninite

WORDS THAT END LIKE PENNILESSNESS

biliousness
business
callousness
carelessness
consciousness
deliciousness
deviousness
helplessness
hilariousness
homelessness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
obviousness
preciousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of pennilessness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pennilessness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PENNILESSNESS

Find out the translation of pennilessness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pennilessness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pennilessness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pennilessness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pennilessness
570 millions of speakers

English

pennilessness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pennilessness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pennilessness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pennilessness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pennilessness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pennilessness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pennilessness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanpa wang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mittellosigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pennilessness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pennilessness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pennilessness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pennilessness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pennilessness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निर्धनता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parasızlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pennilessness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pennilessness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pennilessness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pennilessness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pennilessness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pennilessness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pennilessness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pennilessness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pennilessness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PENNILESSNESS»

The term «pennilessness» is used very little and occupies the 185.479 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PENNILESSNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pennilessness

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QUOTES WITH «PENNILESSNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pennilessness.
1
Tibor Fischer
Miami, in many ways, is a quintessentially American city. The juxtaposition of showy wealth with dire pennilessness, the tussle of glitz and decay doesn't come any more marked than here.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PENNILESSNESS»

Discover the use of pennilessness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pennilessness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Year from Monday: New Lectures and Writings
But there is no space! Difference between pennilessness now and pennilessness then: now we've got unquestioned credit. "In the Beginning was the Word." Pupul Jayakar (straight from India), talking about computers, said: An explosion of ...
John Cage, 2010
2
Delphi Complete Works of Ford Madox Ford (Illustrated)
But whathe was afraidof for himself was Macdonald's pennilessness. And what he was afraid of for hisdaughter was the Countess's physical violence. If hehadhad to regard Macdonald as a prospective son inlaw the pennilessness would not ...
Ford Madox Ford, 2013
3
Ain't Nothin' Like ?Em
... Trying to hypnotize me Disease of drugs Found onevery corner If the drugs don 't getto you The rats will If the ratsdon't get toyou The hopelessness will If the hopelessness don't get to you The pennilessness will If the pennilessness don' tget ...
Kamernebti Mer Amon, 2011
4
Les Miserables
Buddha boldly entered its cave and converted it. Thatisa goodbook that youare reading, Mère Plutarque. There isnomore charminglegend.' And he fell into a delicious abstraction. V Poverty and pennilessness Marius had an affection for the.
Victor Hugo, 2003
5
The Ways of the Sahabah: Companions of the Prophet, Complete
POVERTY AND PENNILESSNESS The Sahabah led a life of poverty, starvation and pennilessness. When a Sahabah wanted to marry a woman, the Prophet <$g enquired, "Do you have something for dower also?" He replied, "I have only this ...
ʻAbdussalām Nadvī, 2000
6
The Reluctant Film Art of Woody Allen
... unmarked, and hes baffled when his movie currency won't pay their check in a New Jersey restaurant. (“We'll live on love,” he assures her once his pennilessness in this world has registered, but even Cecilia knows “That's movie talk” [p.
Peter J. Bailey, 2010
7
East Angels: A Novel
Mrs. Rutherford, who was industrious in prodding for motive (she considered it a praiseworthy industry), had long ago announced that Garda's affection for Margaret was based upon her own pennilessness and Margaret's fortune. If this were ...
Constance Fenimore Woolson, 1886
8
The Raj Quartet, Volume 4: A Division of Spoils
Duleep Kumar's death would not in itself have altered these prospects but pennilessness did. Probably it was the elder Kumar's realization of what his complete financial failure would mean to his son 'that led him to take his own life. As a boy ...
Paul Scott, 2012
9
The Way We Live Now
And she couldweigh against that theabsolute pennilessness of her baronet son. Ashe was, his condition washopeless. Sucha onemust surely run some risk.The embarrassments ofsuch amanas Lord Nidderdale were only temporary.
Anthony Trollope, 2013
10
Pygmalion (Illustrated)
He said he had beenthinking of a shop himself; though it had presented itselfto his pennilessness as asmall place in which Eliza should sell tobacco at one counter whilst he sold newspapers at the opposite one. But he agreed that it would be ...
Bernard Shaw, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PENNILESSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pennilessness is used in the context of the following news items.
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CABU GAH DIARIES: Shut Up Already! You Little Gospel Clowns …
Yup,You were brought up in a slum,You lived a life of outright pennilessness, your momma clawed her way through charcoal burrows to see ... «Ghafla!Kenya, Jun 15»
2
It's On: Dealer Robert Blumenthal to Countersue Artist Dean Levin …
... career with scrappy, smaller dealers such as Mr. Blumenthal who will rescue them from pennilessness by commissioning a bevy of works. «New York Observer, Feb 15»
3
EXCLUSIVE: America's last great convention: Mondale, Jackson …
... Ferraro's, whose hard work and commitment to education enabled them to ascend from pennilessness to the middle class in one generation. «Salon, Feb 15»
4
Night of the harvest moon
I have been at the mercy of the fruit seller and the vegetable vendor, both of whom assure me that my temporary state of pennilessness must ... «Hindu Business Line, Jan 15»
5
You Better Watch Out—St. Nicholas is Coming to Town
... time, the three grown daughters of a formerly rich inhabitant were in danger of being sold into slavery because of their father's pennilessness. «Catholic World Report, Dec 14»
6
A look at poverty in America, from the inside
Now pennilessness magnifies every minor setback into a potential catastrophe. "I need dental work. Anybody got $10,000? Dentists are not a ... «Los Angeles Times, Nov 14»
7
What we can learn from 'Frances Ha' about friendship
There is, however, one thing that buoys her from the heavyweights of pennilessness and dancing dreams quashed: Sophie, her best friend ... «The Michigan Daily, Nov 14»
8
Kardashian guest spot carries '2 Broke Girls'
... Caroline wears her Paris Hilton-esque hair like a shield, desperately holding onto the belief that her current pennilessness is just a phase. «The Michigan Daily, Nov 14»
9
No amount of salary can make me dump my akara and buns business
... Oladimeji as he relished that being a seller of akara and buns has brought to limelight, and has thus chased pennilessness away from him. «Daily Sun, Nov 14»
10
Food Hacks Are for Assholes
This is performative pennilessness. If you offered him £50 just to stay in, he'd probably turn you down. Of course, some food hacks make ... «Munchies_ Food by VICE, Oct 14»

REFERENCE
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