stingy
Example Sentences
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Palantir is too dependent on stingy government contracts and overly generous to its executives, he said.
They have also boosted their dividends at a time when other companies have been stingier with their payouts.
From Barron's
But as boomer-age parents consider all these matters, it shouldn’t be perceived that they’re being cautious or even stingy with their savings, advisers say.
From MarketWatch
She said that I was stingy and mean, an outcast at life’s rich feast.
I knew the baroness to be stingy, rigid, and mean—the perfect temperament to throw a well-run school into turmoil.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
