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say it: PEN-ee-luhs
penniless is an adjective meaning "not having enough money to pay for necessities". It is pronounced /ˈpɛniləs/ — PEN-ee-luhs. It carries one recorded sense.
not having enough money to pay for necessities
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for penniless come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.