ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsPpenurious
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penurious
Meaning: extremely unwilling to spend money
penurious in a sentence
How penurious is used in real sentences:
The penurious owner delayed every repair, even when the roof leaked.
Her penurious uncle reused tea bags and counted every grain of rice.
“A penurious funding committee had allowed only a small household survey, so the team widened uncertainty ranges instead of pretending the sample was representative.”
— from the passage When the Curve Breaks
“The government's penurious approach to local administration also drew blame, since thinly funded authorities lacked men and equipment.”
— from the passage The Reform Standoff
“A penurious council had refused to fund microphones, translation, or additional staff, so exclusion often resulted from thrift disguised as orderly procedure.”
— from the passage The Bellwether Revision
Synonyms for penurious
Other words for penurious — miserly, parsimonious and stingy — carry the same meaning.
- miserly
- parsimonious
- stingy
Antonyms of penurious
Words that mean the opposite of penurious:
Where it comes from
From Latin penuria, meaning 'need' or 'scarcity.'
Memory hook
PENURIOUS begins like 'penny': a penurious person guards every penny.