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1. Extremely poor; poverty-stricken
2. Unwilling to spend money; stingy
1. Despite being a billionaire, Bruce Wayne often displays a penurious alter-ego, Batman, to maintain his secret identity and focus on justice instead of wealth.
2. Scrooge McDuck, before his transformation, was often described as penurious, despite his vast fortune, because of his reluctance to part with a single coin.
3. After the economic crash, many citizens found themselves in a penurious state, unable to afford basic necessities.
4. Tony Stark, unlike his fellow Avengers, is rarely penurious when it comes to upgrading his Iron Man suit; no expense is spared for innovation.