penurious

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In a ruling July 28, McMahon called them “hapless, easily manipulated and penurious petty criminals” who had no connection to any terrorist group and had “never remotely contemplated” violent extremism before they met Hussain.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2023

There his followers learn about his penurious childhood and his own children's lives.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2023

The parsimonious and the penurious pinch a penny till Honest Abe says, “Hey, quit it!” in the unscripted series “So Freakin Cheap.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2021

Ledecky’s stance is a far cry from Wang’s penurious tenure, during which the Islanders rarely sought out high-priced free agents.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2016

Magnificent establishments and penurious economy—ostentatious generosity and niggardly suspicion—constitute the centrifugal and centripetal focus of Holland's mechanism.

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.