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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
penurious /pɪˈnjʊərɪəs/

▶adjective formal

1 extremely poor.

2 unwilling to spend money; mean.

– derivatives
penuriously adverb,
penuriousness noun.

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