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as in cheap
costing little
for the party I want chintzy plates that we can throw away afterward
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as in careful
giving or sharing as little as possible
her husband can be pretty chintzy when it comes to buying gifts for others
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Recent Examples of chintzy
Basketball was so unimportant and the school was so chintzy that the athletic director, who also was the head football coach, made Sloan pay $107 out of his own pocket to have carpet installed in his dingy office.
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Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
Soto bought his scratch-off ticket in the $1,000,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE SPECTACULAR, and the game has a not-so-chintzy $1 million as its second-tier prize.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
But Sly did something ingenious, playing those chintzy drum samples off the beat, massaging them into something revelatory.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
That was instead given the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement award, a chintzy pat on the head cooked up for last year’s Globes ceremony.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
Soto bought his scratch-off ticket in the $1,000,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE SPECTACULAR, and the game has a not-so-chintzy $1 million as its second-tier prize.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
But Sly did something ingenious, playing those chintzy drum samples off the beat, massaging them into something revelatory.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
That was instead given the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement award, a chintzy pat on the head cooked up for last year’s Globes ceremony.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chintzy
Adjective
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However, thimerosal is more common elsewhere in the world for various multi-dose vaccine vials, which are cheaper than the single-dose vials more commonly used in the US.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2025
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These Golden Hour Savings deals bring these loafers’ price tag down to as low as $52, which is much cheaper than most leather (or vegan leather) loafers.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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For most, wealth results from years of hard work, careful planning, and disciplined saving.—
Georgette Virgo,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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However, be careful of blurring the distinction between professional and personal relationships.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
19 June 2025
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When considering the company's substantial growth and impressive adjusted profitability, its current valuation appears inexpensive.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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During the post–Cold War era, the United States achieved unprecedented dominance, and maintaining it was relatively easy and inexpensive.—
KORI SCHAKE,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Iran is not a backward place, even if its current government is backward-looking and selfish.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
24 June 2025
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There’s nobody selfish, one through nine, and the bench players, too.—
Mitch Sherman,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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Conrad is a 6-3 defenseman who can skate and has shown reasonable offense in the Q.—
Corey Pronman,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Recent verdicts have far exceeded historical benchmarks, and without reasonable limits, runaway jury awards threaten the city’s ability to fund essential services.—
Paul Vallas,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
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The Athletics, despite their miserly ways, have a strong foundation of young players — Silver Slugger Brent Rooker, Lawrence Butler, Jacob Wilson, JJ Bleday, Shea Langeliers, Zack Gelof, and this year’s #4 pick in the draft, Nick Kurtz.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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But the approval process has been slow, the discounts vary from carrier to carrier, the requirements coming from insurers don’t always match the state’s own standards and the savings on offer are, according to some, miserly.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2025
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By clearly showing customers how their deposits fund beneficial projects like affordable housing and renewable energy, banks demonstrate that money can create positive change.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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According to Adams, 500,000 new jobs have been created and affordable housing has been expanded by turning unused buildings into homes.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
26 June 2025
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The timeline is tight—most growth drivers need to materialize before 2028—but the groundwork is established.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Powell is in a tight spot because the U.S. rate of inflation is still above 3%.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
26 June 2025
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“Chintzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chintzy. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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