penurious
adjective
Definitions
Miserly; excessively cheap.
Example: The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof.
Not bountiful; thin; scant.
Example: The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.
Impoverished; wanting for money.
Example: The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly.