penurious

/P EH0 N Y UW1 R IY0 AH0 S/

adjective

1
Miserly; excessively cheap.
“The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof.”
2
Not bountiful; thin; scant.
“The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.”
3
Impoverished; wanting for money.
“The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly.”

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