stinginess
Americannoun
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the state or condition of being reluctant to give or spend; miserliness.
The governor’s stinginess with public money, and his hard line on welfare spending, were two of the factors that led most liberals to back his opponent in the next election.
As one might expect, Mother Nature's stinginess with water has done a number on agricultural production in the region.
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the state of being meager or barely sufficient in amount.
Because of the stinginess of the aid payments, researchers found that welfare mothers still need to find other sources of income.
Etymology
Origin of stinginess
Example Sentences
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And though stinginess has come against relatively weak offenses — it’s still the NFL.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2023
They have regained some of their defensive stinginess.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2023
Nevertheless, there is a notable stinginess in English when it comes to describing gender, certainly compared to the largess of Indigenous languages.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2022
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
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