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Word "PENURIOUS" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
not having enough money to pay for necessities
Synonyms:
hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, pinched

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
excessively unwilling to spend
Synonyms:
parsimonious
Examples:
lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence

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Very poor writer releasing ultimately pathetic novel (9)
Devout welcoming mystical character raised in poverty The Telegraph Toughie 18 Jun 2024
Write on half of your IOUs "strapped for cash" (9)
Unable to pay debts, first write your half off The Telegraph Toughie 23 Apr 2020
Poor writer on novel losing head The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Feb 2019
Extremely poor The Times Concise 25 Sep 2017
Short of brass, alternatively use up iron The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Jun 2017
Retired character once among religiously dutiful poor The Telegraph Toughie 15 Dec 2016
Poor writer, the game being up with admissions of debt The Times Cryptic 03 Apr 2015
Stingy.
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