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Penurious

  1. adjective

    not having enough money to pay for necessities

    Similar: hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, pinched

  2. adjective

    excessively unwilling to spend

    parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses

    Similar: parsimonious

Word family

penuriousness · penuriously

Do not confuse with

Penitent

Words that mean the same

Scarce and Insufficient · Stingy

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Word parts

-ious