impecuniousness

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This was a period defined by impecuniousness; in his 20s he shared a tatty Lower East Side apartment with rodents.

From The Guardian • Aug. 9, 2015

Having seen him anxious from time to time, and suspecting his student's impecuniousness, Marechal had of his own accord offered and lent him money, a few hundred francs perhaps, forgotten by both, and never repaid.

From Pierre and Jean by Maupassant, Guy de

They offended the fastidious aristocrats with whom he associated, and combined with his impecuniousness to make him seem unsuitable for a great place.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Warner, Charles Dudley

She liked him the better for a rugged independence, which in the days of his impecuniousness her brother Fillmore had never dreamed of exhibiting.

From The Adventures of Sally by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

There was reason for believing that David's stolid silence regarding his own concerns concealed a general impecuniousness quite as pronounced as that of the artist friends whose cause he pleaded.

From War-time Silhouettes by Hudson, Stephen