stingy
Example Sentences
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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
New England’s defense looks like something out of Mike Vrabel’s prime years: disciplined, physical, and stingy against the run.
From Los Angeles Times
That’s because the charitable deduction is getting slightly stingier next year for wealthy households that itemize.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
