stingier; stingiest
1
: not generous or liberal : sparing or scant in using, giving, or spending
stingy with the salt
stingy employee benefits
2
: meanly scanty or small
stingy portions of meat
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The company was too stingy to raise salaries.
until his redemption, Ebenezer Scrooge is the classic example of a very stingy, heartless miser
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Griffin Canning pitched five stingy innings for his first win in six weeks and the Angels held off the New York Mets 3-2 on Sunday.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
Harris’s apparent belief that Biden isn’t spending enough on global warming is even more shocking given that Biden hasn’t exactly been stingy with taxpayer dollars in this area.
—Andrew Follett, National Review, 2 Aug. 2024
In most restaurants, anything below 20 percent can be seen as stingy, with around 22 percent being the standard.
—Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 May 2023
Law enforcement officials tend to be cautious and stingy with facts until have been verified—good instincts, certainly, but unlikely to fulfill the insatiable appetites of the news media and the public during a crisis.
—Barbara McQuade, TIME, 15 July 2024
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
Harris’s apparent belief that Biden isn’t spending enough on global warming is even more shocking given that Biden hasn’t exactly been stingy with taxpayer dollars in this area.
—Andrew Follett, National Review, 2 Aug. 2024
In most restaurants, anything below 20 percent can be seen as stingy, with around 22 percent being the standard.
—Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 May 2023
Law enforcement officials tend to be cautious and stingy with facts until have been verified—good instincts, certainly, but unlikely to fulfill the insatiable appetites of the news media and the public during a crisis.
—Barbara McQuade, TIME, 15 July 2024
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“Stingy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stingy. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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