stinginess

Example Sentences

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The girls bought new shoes and ate more meat, but along with Pedro’s financial savvy came a stinginess that extended to his family.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2024

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

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2023

And the stinginess of their generosity, their snark and begrudging were a bummer.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2023

There are a couple of reasons for societal stinginess.

From Reuters • Dec. 9, 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