stinginess

Example Sentences

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And though stinginess has come against relatively weak offenses — it’s still the NFL.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2023

But he is constantly flummoxed by the stinginess of some customers.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2023

Despite ownership’s stinginess with payroll during the rebuild, Elias said he got everything he wanted this offseason.

From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2023

They have regained some of their defensive stinginess.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2023

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