Vi fant 3 definisjoner av penurious på engelsk.
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| penurious - excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence" | ||
| parsimonious | ||
| stingy, ungenerous unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" | ||
| penurious - not having enough money to pay for necessities | ||
| hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, pinched | ||
| poor unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor" | ||