Penurious: alternatives and connections

Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.

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Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.

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Stinging; able to sting.

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Stinging; able to sting.

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Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable.

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Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable.

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The act or process of reducing to pauperism.

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The act or process of reducing to pauperism.

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Not having money; habitually without money; poor.

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Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.

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Destitute of money; impecunious; poor.

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of Pinch

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