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penurious

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pe·nu·ri·ous  (p-nr-s, -nyr-)
adj.
1. Unwilling to spend money; stingy.
2. Yielding little; barren: a penurious land.
3. Poverty-stricken; destitute.

[From Medieval Latin pnrisus, from Latin pnria, want.]

pe·nuri·ous·ly adv.
pe·nuri·ous·ness n.

penurious [pɪˈnjʊərɪəs]
adj
1. niggardly with money
2. lacking money or means
3. yielding little; scanty
penuriously  adv
penuriousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.penurious - not having enough money to pay for necessities
poor - having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
2.penurious - excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"
stingy, ungenerous - unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
Translations
penurious [pɪˈnjʊərɪəs] ADJmiserable, pobrísimo
penurious
adj (liter) (= poor)arm, armselig; existence alsokarg, dürftig; (= mean)geizig, knauserig
penurious [pɪˈnjʊərɪəs] adj (frm) → indigente
penurious [pɪˈnjʊərɪəs] adj (frm) → indigente


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What might be extravagant to-day, might in half a century become penurious and inadequate.
Everybody was very penurious for weeks beforehand and hoards were counted scrutinizingly every day.
It was too far to return to dinner, and an allowance of cold meat and bread, in the same penurious proportion observed in our ordinary meals, was served round between the services.
 
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