penuriousness

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{n} parsimony, niggardliness, care
The quality of being penurious
a disposition to be niggardly with money
{i} stinginess, miserliness; poverty, indigence
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penurious
Not bountiful; thin; scant

The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.

penurious
Impoverished; wanting for money

The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly.

penurious
Miserly; excessively cheap

The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof.

penurious
excessively sparing in the use of money
penurious
{a} sparing, niggardly, mean, scanty
penurious
Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly
penurious
{s} poor, indigent; stingy, miserly
penurious
Destitute of money; suffering extreme want
penurious
excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"
penurious
not having enough money to pay for necessities
penurious
Not bountiful or liberal; scanty
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