Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Without money; poor; impecunious.
- Acting or operating otherwise than through money; beyond the range of money influence.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having no (or very little) money; penniless
- adj. That does not use money as a means of exchange
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Destitute of money; penniless; impecunious.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having no money
- adj. not based on the possession of money
Examples
“We keep the word and often use it as in "pecuniary" affairs, and when we call a moneyless man, "impecunious.”
“In the trenches it is laughingly referred now to as, 'moneyless merit pay.”
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“And, communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, stateless and revolutionary socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production.”
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“So to the Committee of Safety Charles went, privily to drop a flea in its ear concerning Tarwater's grubless, moneyless, and aged condition.”
“When we weren't engaging in accidental class warfare with Shaq, we were preparing ourselves for the upcoming moneyless winter by insulating our clothes with pages from "Dow 36,000.”
“#2 They will help you achive your moneyless utopian society.”
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“The premise of "rewarding teachers" succumbed to the truth when they admittedly voted yes to a "moneyless" merit pay bill.”
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“Let's not forget the moneyless merit pay that teachers compete for depending upon unpredictable performance of students assigned to them and depending upon the unreliability of the scores.”
The Huffington Post: Rita M. Solnet: The F Word in Education Reform
“Stevens, 28, is nearly halfway through the yearlong moneyless journey that started in that paper suit last May.”
“In the slideshow, Mark documents all the challenges and experiences of his moneyless year.”
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