stingier; stingiest
1
: not generous or liberal : sparing or scant in using, giving, or spending
stingy with the salt
stingy employee benefits
2
: meanly scanty or small
stingy portions of meat
Synonyms
Examples of stingy in a Sentence
The company was too stingy to raise salaries.
until his redemption, Ebenezer Scrooge is the classic example of a very stingy, heartless miser
Recent Examples on the Web
After being the Big West freshman of the year for UC Irvine during the 2020-21 season, Williams was named Pac-12 all-defensive honorable mention last year when the Trojans used the program’s stingiest scoring defense in history to return to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2014.
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Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
Part of the challenge for Long Beach was trying to beat a UCI team that hadn’t lost at home in more than a calendar year and attempting to score against the stingiest defense in the conference (67.4 ppg).
—Dan Arritt, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2024
Minnesota has one of the stingiest defenses in the league, previously showing their defensive prowess against the Bucks two weeks ago, holding them to 105 points.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
The league’s stingiest defense has fueled their success, but despite plenty of firepower from All-Stars Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns, the Wolves have been lagging on offense.
—Larry Lage, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024
The stingy defense has enabled Gannon to concede an average of 52.9 points per game, fourth lowest in Division II.
Leading the Golden Knights is redshirt senior Samantha Pirosko, the WCBA’s Division II Player of the Year.
—Joseph D’hippolito, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024
The Avalanche have a stingy defense and a gritty crew of third- and fourth-line forwards that will forecheck relentlessly.
—Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 20 Mar. 2024
Macdonald, 36, orchestrated the NFL's stingiest unit in points allowed (16.5 per game), and players have raved about his ability to connect and teach the finer points of his scheme.
—Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
In rehearsals of the Shostakovich, for instance, the basses were instructed to slice a bit harder and bow a bit more quickly — a move that almost surmounted the hall’s comparably stingy lows.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
Part of the challenge for Long Beach was trying to beat a UCI team that hadn’t lost at home in more than a calendar year and attempting to score against the stingiest defense in the conference (67.4 ppg).
—Dan Arritt, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2024
Minnesota has one of the stingiest defenses in the league, previously showing their defensive prowess against the Bucks two weeks ago, holding them to 105 points.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
The league’s stingiest defense has fueled their success, but despite plenty of firepower from All-Stars Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns, the Wolves have been lagging on offense.
—Larry Lage, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024
The stingy defense has enabled Gannon to concede an average of 52.9 points per game, fourth lowest in Division II.
Leading the Golden Knights is redshirt senior Samantha Pirosko, the WCBA’s Division II Player of the Year.
—Joseph D’hippolito, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024
The Avalanche have a stingy defense and a gritty crew of third- and fourth-line forwards that will forecheck relentlessly.
—Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 20 Mar. 2024
Macdonald, 36, orchestrated the NFL's stingiest unit in points allowed (16.5 per game), and players have raved about his ability to connect and teach the finer points of his scheme.
—Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
In rehearsals of the Shostakovich, for instance, the basses were instructed to slice a bit harder and bow a bit more quickly — a move that almost surmounted the hall’s comparably stingy lows.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
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“Stingy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stingy. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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