penurious

Adjective
  1. Not having enough money to pay for necessities (synset 302030912)
    similar to: poor - having little money or few possessions
    same as: hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, pinched
  2. Excessively unwilling to spend (synset 301117858)
    "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"
    similar to: stingy, ungenerous - unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)
    same as: parsimonious

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