moneyless

adj

Etymology: From Middle English moneyeles, equivalent to money + -less.

1. Having no (or very little) money.

   “The result, say the few moneyless militants, is a divided national Indian leadership populated by Uncle Tomahawks, or “apples,” red on the outside, white on the inside.”

   “"There's a lot of times I wished I would have died because I was pathetic," [Stewart] says matter of factly. "I guess I started digging a hole for myself and it got so bad I got homeless, moneyless, friendless. I just started covering myself up instead of climbing out of the hole."”

2. That does not use money as a means of exchange.

   “Near-synonym: nonmoney”

   “In eras when trade was largely by barter and taxes were usually paid in kind, moneyless transactions could constitute a large percentage of a national economy.”