penniless adj 1: not having enough money to pay for necessities [syn: {hard up}, {impecunious}, {in straitened circumstances(p)}, {penniless}, {penurious}, {pinched}]
Penniless \Pen"ni*less\, a. [From {Penny}.] Destitute of money; impecunious; poor. -- {Pen"ni*less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]