penuriousness

noun

Definition of penuriousnessnext
1
as in economy
the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money he daily practiced such penuriousness that few would have guessed that he was one of the state's wealthiest residents

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as in poverty
the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions the abject penuriousness of so many of the city's inhabitants should be a cause for concern

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  1. economy
  2. poverty
  3. misery
  4. saving
  5. providence
  6. parsimony
Noun
  • All the major North American carriers — Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Air Canada — use variations of priority boarding, with premium passengers allowed to board before those who purchase economy seats.
    Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • For the Michigan economy, the economists anticipate stronger growth in 2025 and 2026 as the potential federal tax cuts and additional Federal Reserve interest rate cuts act to boost growth.
    JC Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of economy
Noun
  • For communities facing poverty, houses are less likely to be rebuilt to withstand hurricane-force winds.
    Patricia McIlreavy, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Volunteers fill shoeboxes with essentials, school supplies, and toys for children worldwide, especially those facing war, poverty, or disaster.
    Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of poverty
Noun
  • Demagogues began to blame the labor competition posed by increasing numbers of Chinese immigrants for the miseries of white joblessness and meager pay.
    Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Rubio has apportioned the blame for the recent misery in the region to Iran's leadership.
    Billal Rahman, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of misery
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  • Instead of going back to the well for more public funds, AC Transit should look at the cost side of the ledger, focusing on savings opportunities other than service cuts.
    Marc Joffe, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • This decrease was attributed to a savings initiative to offset the decline in revenue.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of saving
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  • Trump’s 90-minute acceptance speech, which quickly moved from providence to policy and jabs at his opponent, President Joe Biden, was almost secular compared to some speakers earlier in the evening.
    Chris Ullery, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
  • The concepts of divine intervention and providence have a long record in American history.
    Newt Gingrich, Orlando Sentinel, 21 July 2024
Definition of providence
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  • And even if the existing global public health architecture survives this time of parsimony and austerity, it will have been remodeled along the way.
    Laurie Garrett, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2012
  • But the Senate’s parsimony on these issues was praised by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, a think tank that advocates for racial and economic justice.
    Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
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