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penurious [formal] (of a thing) karg; kärglich; kümmerlich; dürftig {adj} (Sache)

poverty-stricken; destitute; penurious [formal]; in penury verarmt; bitterarm; bettelarm; mit Armut geschlagen [poet.]; verelendet [selten] {adj}

poverty-striken regions Armutsgebiete {pl}

to live in reduced circumstances in verarmten Verhältnissen leben

miserly; niggardly; penny-pinching; tight-fisted; close-fisted; hard-fisted; stingy; mingy [Br.]; mean [Br.]; chintzy {adj} [Am.] [coll.]; penurious [formal]; screwy [dated] [coll.] (of a person) [listen] [listen] geizig; knausrig; knauserig; kniepig [Norddt.]; netig [Norddt.]; knorzig [Schw.] {adj} (Person) [listen]
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