Penurious
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Miserly; excessively cheap. Not bountiful; thin; scant. Impoverished; wanting for money.
Poor
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: With little or no possessions or money.To be pitied.Of low quality.Of inadequate amount.Deficient in a specified way.Those people as a group who have little or no possessions or money. (see usage notes)
Example sentence: I work a lot in the slums of Tondo, Manila, and the life there is poor and very sad. And I've always taught to myself to look for the beauty of it and look in the beauty of the faces of the children and to be grateful.