adj. excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"

adj. not having enough money to pay for necessities

adj. careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; "a prudent manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation"; "more prudent to hide than to fight"

adj. appropriate to a purpose; practical; "in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty"

adj. marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness; "it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels"; "a politic decision"; "a politic manager"; "a politic old scoundrel"; "a shrewd and politic reply"

adj. avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

adj. careful and diligent in the use of resources

adj. mindful of the future in spending money; "careful with money"

adj. out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken'); "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is broken"; "the coke machine is busted"

adj. doomed to extinction

adj. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

adj. embarrassingly stingy

adj. giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"

adj. unwilling to part with money

adj. petty or reluctant in giving or spending; "a niggardly tip"

adj. deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

adj. lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term"

adj. poor enough to need help from others

adj. having no money; "virtually moneyless rural regions"

adj. without income or means; "left his family unprovided for"

adj. willing to give and share unstintingly; "a generous donation"

adj. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations"