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penurious

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

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money excessively enough necessities spend unwilling bountiful destitute extreme liberal miserly scanty sordid sparing stingy suffering want

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