Related Words for skimping

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stint
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Noun, Verb
scant
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Verb, Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
skimpy
/x
Adjective
scanty
/x
Adjective
short
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Adjective
sparing
/x
Adjective, Noun
meagre
/x
Adjective
meager
/x
Adjective
stingy
/x
Adjective
thin
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Adjective
inexact
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Adjective
poor
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Adjective
ineffective
xx/x
Adjective
shabby
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Adjective
inefficient
xx/x
Adjective
slack
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Noun
rough
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Adjective
measly
/x
Adjective
scare
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Noun
undercooked
xx/
Adjective
ragged
/x
Adjective
imperfect
x/x
Adjective
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective
impoverished
x/x
Adjective
lacking
/x
Verb
incompetent
x/xx
Adjective
light
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Noun
inadequate
x/xx
Adjective
sloppy
/x
Adjective
small
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Adjective
dismal
/x
Adjective
minced
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Adjective
scuffed
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Adjective
lame
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Noun
feeble
/x
Adjective
cursory
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Adjective
remiss
x/
Adjective
truncated
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Adjective
sickly
/x
Adjective
slighted
/x
Verb
spendthrift
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Noun
faint
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Adjective
halfhearted
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Adjective
rudimentary
xx/xx
Adjective
tight
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Adjective
lazy
/x
Adjective
mean
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Noun
tardy
/x
Adjective
inept
x/
Adjective
witless
/x
Adjective
sleazy
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Adjective
scrubby
/x
Adjective
artless
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Adjective
woeful
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Adjective
scald
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Noun
myopic
x/x
Adjective
frugal
/x
Adjective
weak
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Adjective
miserable
/xxx
Adjective
feckless
/x
Adjective
slovenly
/xx
Adjective
perfunctory
x/xx
Adjective
desultory
/xxx
Adjective
needy
/x
Adjective
shoddy
/x
Adjective
sketchy
/x
Adjective
underused
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Adjective
tired
/x
Adjective
penniless
/xx
Adjective
unimpressive
xx/x
Adjective
bumbling
/xx
Adjective
raunchy
/x
Adjective
under
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
wasteful
/x
Adjective
sluggish
/x
Adjective
cheap
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Adjective
bungled
/x
Verb
threadbare
/x
Adjective
silly
/x
Adjective
injudicious
xx/x
Adjective
flimsy
/x
Adjective
ineffectual
xx/xx
Adjective
trifling
/x
Adjective
deprived
x/
Verb
worst
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Adjective
scrambling
/xx
Verb
cramped
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Adjective
ungainly
x/x
Adjective
offhand
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Noun
scraggly
/x
Adjective
tattered
/x
Adjective
crummy
/x
Noun
saving
/x
Noun
maintenance
/xx
Noun
quality
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Noun
food
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Noun
work
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Noun
costs
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Noun
services
/xx
Noun
care
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Noun
always
/x
Adverb
here
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Adverb
was
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Verb
aches
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Verb, Noun
acrimony
/xxx
Noun
aggravation
xx/x
Noun
airing
/x
Noun
alarm
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Noun, Verb
annoyance
x/x
Noun
hardship
/x
Noun, Verb
hassle
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hastening
/xx
Noun
heartache
/x
Noun
lessening
/xx
Noun
pinching
/x
Noun, Adjective
slackening
/xx
Noun
stumbling
/xx
Noun
watching
/x
Noun
worry
/x
Verb, Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
shirtless
/x
Adjective
die
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Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb