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How do you use Impecunious in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like penniless or penurious, plus the exact meaning.

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Impecunious in a sentence

Impecunious meaning

Lacking money.

Synonyms of Impecunious

hard up in straitened circumstances penniless penurious pinched poor

Related words

Other words often associated with Impecunious or its synonyms:

bony lean pitiful nasal skeletal pathetic skint stingy emaciated hapless unfortunate thin

Using Impecunious

  • The main meaning on this page is: Lacking money.
  • Useful related words include: hard up, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious.
  • In the example corpus, impecunious often appears in combinations such as: the impecunious.

Context around Impecunious

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

painter 1× circumstances 1× friends 1× french 1× beatty 1×

Sentence patterns with Impecunious

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and the impecunious french claimant 1× by the impecunious beatty as 1× destitute and impecunious 1× father an impecunious painter mauritius 1× his many impecunious friends 1× now in impecunious circumstances and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

he immediately took 1× his mother mabel 1× keats s decision 1× marshall field was 1× the lowe sisters 1×

Common sentence endings:

and future prospects 1× destitute and impecunious 1× home in worcestershire 1× many impecunious friends 1× rather murky misconduct 1× the neapolitan throne 1×

Words around Impecunious

Just before it in the word index:

impeccably 49 impeccable 222 impeachments 31 impeachment 2.178 impeaching 89 impeaches 7

Just after it in the word index:

impedance 185 impedances 21 impede 192 impeded 105 impedes 47 impediment 140

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Impecunious

  • In this selection, "impecunious" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, painter, circumstances and friends stand out and add context to how "impecunious" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and the impecunious french claimant and by the impecunious beatty as. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "impecunious" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with impecunious

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

They have been rendered destitute and impecunious”. (7 words)

He immediately took steps to ally himself with Charles of Anjou, his erstwhile patron's brother and the impecunious French claimant to the Neapolitan throne. (25 words)

Keats’s decision seemed to many around him an inexplicable act of folly given the debts he had racked up as a student and philanthropist to his many impecunious friends. (30 words)

Longer example sentences

The Lowe sisters did have a link with Johnson through their father, an impecunious painter Mauritius Lowe, who had lost a grant from the Royal Academy after some rather murky "misconduct". (31 words)

His mother, Mabel (Laura Donnelly), starts the movie by explaining to her two young sons that they are now in “impecunious circumstances” and must move from their rural home in Worcestershire. (31 words)

Keats’s decision seemed to many around him an inexplicable act of folly given the debts he had racked up as a student and philanthropist to his many impecunious friends. (30 words)

Example sentences (6)

The Lowe sisters did have a link with Johnson through their father, an impecunious painter Mauritius Lowe, who had lost a grant from the Royal Academy after some rather murky "misconduct".

His mother, Mabel (Laura Donnelly), starts the movie by explaining to her two young sons that they are now in “impecunious circumstances” and must move from their rural home in Worcestershire.

Keats’s decision seemed to many around him an inexplicable act of folly given the debts he had racked up as a student and philanthropist to his many impecunious friends.

They have been rendered destitute and impecunious”.

He immediately took steps to ally himself with Charles of Anjou, his erstwhile patron's brother and the impecunious French claimant to the Neapolitan throne.

Marshall Field was at first unimpressed by the impecunious Beatty as a future son-in-law, but was persuaded by his heroic reputation, impressive record of promotion and future prospects.

Common combinations with impecunious

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "impecunious" in a sentence?
An example: "The Lowe sisters did have a link with Johnson through their father, an impecunious painter Mauritius Lowe, who had lost a grant from the Royal Academy after some rather murky "misconduct"." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "impecunious" from authentic English texts.
What does "impecunious" mean?
Impecunious means: Lacking money.
What are synonyms of "impecunious"?
Common synonyms of "impecunious" include: hard up, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched, poor.
How many example sentences with "impecunious" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "impecunious", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.