penurious
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9.9
- adjective
- /pəˈnjʊəriəs/
- Formal
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pobre
- In 1931, when Fred Rice advertised "to get in touch with some invalid who is not improving and who would like to go into the woods," he was personally in penurious circumstances, and there existed in the village a tension between what Rice termed the "pleasure seekers" and the "health interests" of the community (The Time Has Come).
- lived in penurious
Examples
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Since then, father and son have lived in penurious exile in Dublin.
Fiction book (1999) -
Success of the MFF series has been achieved, especially recently, under penurious circumstances.
Academic text (1996) -
Elwes recovered physically from the ordeal, but his mental state, already declining due to his penurious lifestyle and advancing age, got worse.
Blog text (7) -
Hopefully he'll pass some of the savings to his talented but penurious students (and maybe even to those whose playing may be ugly—you never
Blog text (11) -
The departure of US troops and planes from remote Kyrgyzstan will not be missed, except for the hole it leaves in the already penurious Kyrgyz government's budget and foreign currency reserves.
Blog text (9) -
After losing his job, he found himself living in a penurious state, struggling to afford even basic necessities.
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Many families in the village are penurious, often having to rely on donations for food and clothing.
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The artist's work was produced in a penurious environment, where he had to make do with limited resources and materials.
Synonyms
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1.0
Having little money or possessions
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6.2
People or places that have very little money and few things they need
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1.5
Without enough food, clothes, or a home and often gets help from others
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4.3
Having no money
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8.7
Very poor and without enough money for basic needs
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6.5
Very poor and without basic things like food or a home
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8.0
Having very little money and struggling to pay bills
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5.1
Very poor and needing help to live
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6.8
To live with only enough money to pay for basic needs and no savings
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8.6
Having no money at all
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9.9
Having little or no money
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9.3
With no money at all
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7.6
Having almost no money
Poor and without enough food, money or shelter
Having no money to pay for things
A person who has little money and cannot buy basic things
A person who has little money to pay basic costs
Very poor and living with almost no money
Having almost no money or things
Antonyms
How Poor
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Penurious comes from the Latin word penuria, meaning 'lack' or 'shortage', and shares the same root as the English word penury. So, to be penurious can mean to be very poor and not have enough money for basic needs.