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penurious

/pɪ'njʊəriəs/

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adjective
not having enough money to pay for necessities
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hard up impecunious in straitened circumstances penniless pinched poor
adjective
excessively unwilling to spend
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"lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"

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parsimonious stingy ungenerous

Examples of penurious

"lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"