stint

[ stint ]

/ stɪnt /

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verb (used without object)

to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance: Don't stint on the food. They stinted for years in order to save money.

Archaic. to cease action; desist.

verb (used with object)

to limit to a certain amount, number, share, or allowance, often unduly; set limits to; restrict.

Archaic. to bring to an end; check.

noun

a period of time spent doing something: a two-year stint in the army.

an allotted amount or piece of work: to do one's daily stint.

limitation or restriction, especially as to amount: to give without stint.

a limited, prescribed, or expected quantity, share, rate, etc.: to exceed one's stint.

Obsolete. a pause; halt.

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Origin of stint

1150–1200; (v.) Middle English stinten, Old English styntan to make blunt, dull; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.; cognate with Old Norse stytta to shorten; cf. stunt¹

SYNONYMS FOR stint

3. confine, restrain. 7. restraint, constraint. 8. allotment, portion.

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Related forms

stint·ed·ly, adverbstint·ed·ness, nounstint·er, nounstint·ing·ly, adverb

stint·less, adjectiveun·stint·ed, adjectiveun·stint·ing, adjectiveun·stint·ing·ly, adverb

Can be confusedstent stint

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Examples from the Web for unstinting

First, and most simply, the founding fathers were unstinting in their belief that the nascent republic had to pay its debts.
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His face would light up all over, and he would be unstinting in his praise.
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The grounds behind were unstinting, and reached half a mile back to the mountain abutting it.
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Mr. Kitchell grumbled at first, but when he learned my mission he, too, was jubilant and unstinting in his praise.
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The Nation owes them its unstinting support while the battle continues--and its enduring gratitude when their service is done.
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His generosity and kindliness toward his fellow-men was unstinting, but he was withal full to the brim of eccentricity.
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British Dictionary definitions for unstinting

unstinting

/ (ʌnˈstɪntɪŋ) /

adjective

not frugal or miserly; generoushard work and unstinting support

stint

/ (stɪnt) /

verb

to be frugal or miserly towards (someone) with (something)

archaic to stop or check (something)

noun

an allotted or fixed amount of work

a limitation or check

obsolete a pause or stoppage

Derived Formsstinter, noun

Word Origin for stint

Old English styntan to blunt; related to Old Norse stytta to cut short; see stunt 1

stint

/ (stɪnt) /

noun

any of various small sandpipers of the chiefly northern genus Calidris (or Erolia), such as C. minuta (little stint)

Word Origin for stint

Old English; related to Middle High German stinz small salmon, Swedish dialect stinta teenager; see stunt 1

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Word Origin and History for unstinting

unstinting

adj.

late 14c., "unceasing," from un- (1) "not" + present participle of stint (v.). Meaning "lavish" attested by 1845.

stint

"to limit, restrain, to be sparing or frugal," Old English styntan "to blunt, make dull," from Proto-Germanic *stuntijanan (cf. Old Norse stuttr "short, scant," Middle High German stunz "blunt, short," German stutzen "to cut short, curtail, stop, hesitate"), from PIE root *(s)teu- "to beat, strike, push, thrust" (see steep (adj.)). Related: Stinted; stinting. The noun is attested from c.1300.