penurious

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.

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

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pe·nuri·ous·ly adv.

pe·nuri·ous·ness n.

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penurious

Adjective

Formal

1. niggardly with money

2. lacking money or means

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	penurious - not having enough money to pay for necessities hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, pinched 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" parsimonious stingy, ungenerous - unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"