impecunious

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The first is the remarkable development of the anxious, impecunious and socially awkward Tennyson into the most celebrated poet of late 19th-century England.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

He wrote in a Nobel biography that he grew up in an environment of “secure but impecunious Midwestern academics.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2020

But it’s easy to imagine Murray approving of Grotelueschen’s original take on a writer who has been blocked so long he’s become almost inured to the impecunious horror of his life.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2019

Retirees with free time are jostling for slots, as are impecunious drama students who view ushering as a no-cost way to expand their artistic horizons and make connections with members of Off Broadway theaters.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2018

She had no understanding of her husband’s work and, having been raised among the minor rural gentry, she despised his impecunious profession.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan