cheeseparing

American  

[cheez-pair-ing] / ˈtʃizˌpɛər ɪŋ /

adjective

1. meanly economical; parsimonious; stingy

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noun

1. something of little or no value.

2. miserly economizing; stinginess; miserliness.

cheeseparing British  

/ ˈtʃiːzˌpɛərɪŋ /

adjective

1. penny-pinching; stingy

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noun

1. 1. a paring of cheese rind

   2. anything similarly worthless

2. stinginess

Other Word Forms

• cheeseparer noun

Etymology

Origin of cheeseparing

First recorded in 1590–1600; cheese ¹ + paring

Example Sentences

But it was an artifact of budget politics; the expectation was that Congress would get around to fixing the cheeseparing subsidy schedule at a later date.

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There are numerous manifestations of this cheeseparing habit.

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Employers, however, have become addicted to cheeseparing wages for their lowest-paid workers, so any such increase provokes sticker shock.

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Despite the benefits in this measure, U.S. pandemic relief remains among the most skinflint, cheeseparing packages in the developed world.

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The federal government said it needed to audit the request, but its cheeseparing was unusual, to say the least.

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