penurious
1 cheeseparing, close, close-fisted, frugal, grudging, mean, miserly, near (informal) niggardly, parsimonious, skimping, stingy, tight-arse (taboo slang) tight-arsed (taboo slang) tight as a duck's arse (taboo slang) tight-ass (U.S. taboo slang) tight-assed (U.S. taboo slang) tightfisted, ungenerous
2 destitute, down and out, down at heel, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, needy, on the breadline, penniless, poor, poverty-stricken
3 beggarly, deficient, inadequate, meagre, miserable, miserly, paltry, pathetic, poor, scanty