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   • From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English pen‧u‧ry /ˈpenjəri/ noun [ uncountable] formal the state of being very poor SYN poverty He died in penury in 1644. —penurious /pəˈnjʊəriəs $ -ˈnʊr-/ adjective Examples from the Corpus penury • But penury, though exasperating enough, was not the whole of his distress.

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   • Origin penury (1400-1500) Latin penuria penury meaning, definition, what is penury: the state of being very poor: Learn more.

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   • For example, if you are living in an area subject to a severe drought, your neighborhood might be in penury in regards to drinking water. Another, less common usage of penury describes an extreme disinclination to spend money. The frugality implied by this usage is understood to be prohibitive and perhaps even obsessive or unnecessary.

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   • n. Extreme want or poverty; destitution. [Middle English penurie, from Latin pēnūria, want .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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   The meaning of PENURY is a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money); especially : severe poverty. How to use penury in a sentence. Did you know?

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   Penury definition: extreme poverty; destitution. See examples of PENURY used in a sentence.

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   From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English penury pen‧u‧ry / ˈpenjəri / noun [uncountable] formal POOR the state of being very poor SYN poverty He died in penury in 1644. — penurious / pəˈnjʊəriəs $ -ˈnʊr-/ adjective Examples from the Corpus penury • But penury, though exasperating enough, was not the whole of his distress.

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