1.
If you describe someone as ~, you disapprove of them because they seem to hate spending money, and to spend as little as possible.
He is ~ with both his time and his money.
= mean
ADJ disapproval
2.
If you describe an amount of something as ~, you are critical of it because it is very small.
Being a student today with ~ grants and limited career prospects is difficult.
= measly
ADJ: usu ADJ n disapproval