What is the meaning of penurious?

Not having enough money to pay for necessities.
- synonyms: hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, pinched
Excessively unwilling to spend.
- usage: "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner-denying himself every indulgence"
- synonyms: parsimonious

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