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penurious
/ pɪˈnjʊərɪəs /
adjective
- niggardly with money
- lacking money or means
- yielding little; scanty
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Derived Forms
- peˈnuriousness, noun
- peˈnuriously, adverb
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Other Words From
- pe·nuri·ous·ly adverb
- pe·nuri·ous·ness noun
- unpe·nuri·ous adjective
- unpe·nuri·ous·ly adverb
- unpe·nuri·ous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of penurious1
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Example Sentences
Not observing that the President Rose, who was very penurious, had put his money in the hat, he presented it to him a second time.
There are beings so dejected—so penurious—that this swearing constitutes their whole store of worldly opulence.
No; but even in the most penurious times it was kings who were the patrons.
If one were ever penurious, might it not be of these handsome loaves of hers?
One would suppose that such a mother would have every want supplied, even by a penurious son.
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