Word: penurious
Miserly; excessively cheap. Example: The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof.
Not bountiful; thin; scant. Example: The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.
Impoverished; wanting for money. Example: The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly.
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