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stinginess

[stin-jee-nis] / ˈstɪn dʒi nɪs /






NOUN
selfishness
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There, among the seamstresses in training, Duncan met other welfare mothers, equally desperate, and recognized the stinginess, indifference and bureaucratic aggravations she’d been suffering in isolation were part of a larger system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

They have regained some of their defensive stinginess.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2023

Her relapse is all the more painful because of the hypocrisy that informs it; it began, after all, as a result of James’s stinginess.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2022

Despite the stinginess, New York is 3-3 in those games.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2021

Waitresses chafed at managers’ stinginess toward the customers; housecleaners resented the time constraints that sometimes made them cut corners; retail workers wanted the floor to be beautiful, not cluttered with excess stock as management required.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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