stingy
Example Sentences
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The depictions of Ruth’s uptight and stingy brother Hyacinth and jealous and mother-in-law from hell “old Mrs. Hall” are both hoots.
If an interest rate cap is too tight, all but the highest-rated customers might face higher annual fees and stingier rewards.
From Los Angeles Times
Oak Park’s boys’ soccer team is proving very stingy when it comes to giving up goals.
From Los Angeles Times
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
