IMPECUNIOUS in a Sentence

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For IMPECUNIOUS, below is one of 2 sentences:
Though Scrooge claimed he was too impecunious to give alms, he easily could have afforded to be charitable.

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 Meanings and Examples of IMPECUNIOUS
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impecunious
 a.  without money; poor; penniless
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1  Though Scrooge claimed he was too impecunious to give alms, he easily could have afforded to be charitable.
2  Brown Institution trust funds were never adequate, but Twort preferred impecunious independence.