stint
verb (used without object)
to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance.
have stinted
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present perfectof stint.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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Or at least approaches its end, as we did on Saturday, four days before the fall equinox, on a day that may have stinted on true summer heat but supplied generous helpings of humidity.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2021
I have made a great many dresses evenings, and have stinted myself to finish this to-day.
From Mind Amongst the Spindles by Various
We may be sure that Shakespeare, then at the zenith of his power, would not have stinted the measure of a work which seems to have taken more of his time than any previous play.
From William Shakespeare His Homes and Haunts by A. (Amédée) Forestier
Nevertheless he ate sparingly, fearing the young woman might have stinted herself in thus providing for him; and then he made ready to depart.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Lafcadio Hearn
"Had I so much as dreamed this stretch of sand was to yield me such companionship, I should have stinted myself more."
From When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country by Randall Parrish
