āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
penurious
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penurious
01
āĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°, āĻā§āĻĒāĻŖ
extremely poor or unwilling to spend money
Formal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
After losing his job, he found himself in a penurious state, unable to pay his rent.
āĻāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ
āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽāĨ¤
02
extremely stingy
Disapproving
Formal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The penurious landlord refused to fix the broken heating system.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
penuriously
penuriousness
penurious
penury
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