undermoneyed

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adjective

Insufficiently moneyed (monied; i.e. affluent); in possession of insufficient money; poor.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adjectiveundermoneyed (comparative more undermoneyed, superlative most undermoneyed)

comparative more undermoneyed · superlative most undermoneyed

  1. rareInsufficiently moneyed (monied; i.e. affluent); in possession of insufficient money; poor.

    Nevertheless, the Church of England has been and is, in the towns, both undermanned and (if the word may be excused) undermoneyed.

    1883, The Churchman, page 52
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    [I thought] George Bush's tax cut for the wealthy, enacted while he was aggressively taxing my unemployment checks, was an assault not on the undermoneyed masses but on me alone.

    2004, Fred Moody, Seattle and the Demons of Ambition: A Love Story, →ISBN, page 278

Origin

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APA

undermoneyed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undermoneyed

MLA

“undermoneyed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undermoneyed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undermoneyed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undermoneyed.

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