PENURIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does penuriousness mean? 

• PENURIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun PENURIOUSNESS has 2 senses:

1. a state of lacking money

2. a disposition to be niggardly with money

  Familiarity information: PENURIOUSNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENURIOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of lacking money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

impecuniousness; pennilessness; penuriousness

Hypernyms ("penuriousness" is a kind of...):

impoverishment; poorness; poverty (the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions)

Derivation:

penurious (not having enough money to pay for necessities)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A disposition to be niggardly with money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("penuriousness" is a kind of...):

stinginess (a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money)

Derivation:

penurious (excessively unwilling to spend)