penuriousness
- a word derived from penurious.
Example Sentences
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As I’ve pointed out before, accounts of the penuriousness of life on such an income invariably involve financial legerdemain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
At Ryanair headquarters, he cultivated a reputation for penuriousness, banning cover sheets on faxes and requiring employees to buy their own pens.
From BusinessWeek ● Sep. 2, 2010
It went on to become a symbol of penuriousness.
From Time Magazine Archive
For all his penuriousness, Russell does not hesitate to spend for new plant and equipment.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the exception of Kenyon and Eldon, and one or two less conspicuous instances of judicial penuriousness, the judges of the Georgian period were hospitable entertainers.
From A Book About Lawyers by Jeaffreson, John Cordy
