penuriousness
Example Sentences
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As I’ve pointed out before, accounts of the penuriousness of life on such an income invariably involve financial legerdemain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
At Ryanair headquarters, he cultivated a reputation for penuriousness, banning cover sheets on faxes and requiring employees to buy their own pens.
From BusinessWeek ● Sep. 2, 2010
For all his penuriousness, Russell does not hesitate to spend for new plant and equipment.
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It went on to become a symbol of penuriousness.
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Therefore they were all the more embittered at the penuriousness they showed in the food, and many other matters.
From The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book by Anonymous