stint
verb (used without object)
to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance.
has stinted
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present perfectof stint (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Yes; don't you think, Ann," said Emily, "she has stinted herself to make five yards of netting to-day.
From Mind Amongst the Spindles by Various
Nature has not been as bountiful to Marcia in the matter of charms as to the others; she has stinted here and there, and it shows clearly as she grows older.
From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Amanda Minnie Douglas
Seeing that I did this with ease, he remarked: "Nature, although she has stinted you in the faculties of the soul, has compensated, in some measure, by granting to you a degree of bodily strength."
