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stingy
('st/I//N//i/ )

adjective (a)

  • unwilling to spend(adj.all)
    Example:
    She practices economy without being stingy.
    Synonym:
    ungenerous
    Antonym:
    generous
    source: wordnet30
  • deficient in amount or quality or extent(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy
    Antonym:
    ample
    source: wordnet30
  • Stinging; able to sting.(adjective)
    source: webster1913
  • Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.(adjective)
    source: webster1913
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