adjective
not having enough money to pay for necessities
• Syn: ↑impecunious, ↑in straitened circumstances, ↑penniless, ↑penurious, ↑pinched
• Similar to: ↑poor
• Derivationally related forms: ↑penury (for: ↑penurious), ↑penuriousness (for: ↑penurious), ↑pennilessness (for: ↑penniless), ↑impecuniousness (for: ↑impecunious)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.