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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2
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
  • Yoon had declared martial law late on Dec. 3, the first time in over 40 years that Asia’s fourth-largest economy has seen martial law declared.
    Lim Hui Jie,Dylan Butts, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Key factors in the growth of emissions include population growth, rising income levels, and a surge in travel demand among emerging economies.
    Carlton Reid, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of economy
Noun
  • To be eligible, patients must have income at or below four times the federal poverty level or have medical debt equal to 5% or more of their income.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation researchers reported in 2018 that while causes of stress for young people include poverty, trauma and discrimination, another is an excessive pressure to excel.
    Max Kutner, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of poverty
Noun
  • While there are notable and beautiful bright spots to All or Nothing (most of which go to infallible Leigh regular Ruth Sheen), the film really doubles down on the ambient misery of these people’s lives.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Adults explain little to her—the possibility of death lies beyond her field of vision—which gives the vivid misery of her treatment a fairy-tale quality.
    Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of misery
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  • Republicans, who will control Congress starting in January, will be looking for cost savings to offset extending the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Whitlock said.
    Tami Luhby, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Don’t cash out if the market drops In a bear market, some retirement savers panic and sell, hoping to protect their savings from further losses.
    Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of saving
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  • Jiangxi and Shandong providences reported refinancing RMB 55.1 billion and RMB 12.9 billion worth of hidden debt, respectively.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • 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
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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