penurious
/pəˈnʊriəs/
adjective
- Extremely poor; lacking money or resources.
- After losing his job, he lived in penurious conditions for several months.
- The penurious family could barely afford food and rent.
- The charity provides aid to penurious communities around the world.
- Unwilling to spend money; stingy or miserly.
- Being penurious with his employees' wages made the boss very unpopular.
- The penurious landlord never fixed the broken heater to save a few dollars.
- Her penurious uncle refused to buy a birthday gift for his own niece.