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Thesaurus: penurious

Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly.

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  1. a. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly.
  2. a. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.
  3. a. Destitute of money; suffering extreme want.
  4. adj. not having enough money to pay for necessities
  5. adj. excessively unwilling to spend
  6. j:100 s not having enough money to pay for necessities s excessively unwilling to spend