undermoneyed

English

Etymology

under- +‎ moneyed or under- +‎ money +‎ -ed

Adjective

undermoneyed (comparative more undermoneyed, superlative most undermoneyed)

1. (rare) Insufficiently moneyed (monied; i.e. affluent); in possession of insufficient money; poor.
   • 1883, The Churchman, page 52:

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

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

     [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.

Related terms

• undermonied