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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
Wallpaper, wild and chintzy, would play a starring role—everywhere.
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Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 7 Mar. 2026
Much of it seems pretty chintzy, and none of it really goes together.
—Adam Ismail, The Drive, 18 Feb. 2026
Saltburn’s near-contemporary setting, however, didn’t really suit Fennell’s unsubtle storytelling approach; the entire ensemble seemed cartoonish, their fancy trappings chintzy and fake.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
There’s just something about repackaging cinematic grandeur in a chintzy tech package that lets all the air out of the balloon.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
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Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 7 Mar. 2026
Much of it seems pretty chintzy, and none of it really goes together.
—Adam Ismail, The Drive, 18 Feb. 2026
Saltburn’s near-contemporary setting, however, didn’t really suit Fennell’s unsubtle storytelling approach; the entire ensemble seemed cartoonish, their fancy trappings chintzy and fake.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
There’s just something about repackaging cinematic grandeur in a chintzy tech package that lets all the air out of the balloon.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chintzy
Adjective
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The reason all of this is happening, probably more than any other, is that clipping is cheap.—
Lane Brown,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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Surprisingly the most expensive hairpiece so far has been Attenborough’s, which Fortune reveals was a hybrid of a cheap £20 ($26) wig at the back combined with tens of man-hours knotting individual strands of hair onto a lace front to create the centenarian’s familiar pate.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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The tunnel was built after careful planning and executed with tremendous effort.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2026
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Yes, and the research makes a solid case for trying inexpensive fixes first.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2026
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This was also the most inexpensive mix out of the bunch, priced at just 60 cents at the local grocery store.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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My young and selfish self was not happy.—
Esther Ndumi Ngumbi,
NPR,
10 May 2026
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To do otherwise is neglectful and selfish.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2026
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In a debate for the Democratic nomination for the Senate in Iowa this month, one of the moderators, Erin Murphy, asked the candidates, Josh Turek and Zach Wahls, both state legislators, a reasonable, if downbeat, question.—
Amy Davidson Sorkin,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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The tuition payments may be a gift presented without strings, but there are still plenty of reasonable expectations that come with a college education.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
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The film is set in Mumbai and built around a miserly protagonist whose circumstances spiral into escalating absurdity.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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UConn’s offense hasn’t been nearly as prolific, averaging 73.2 points per game, although its D has been downright miserly.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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Multiple studies in 2024–26 have ranked San Jose as the least affordable housing market in the United States, based on comparisons of home prices to local incomes.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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This move is a recognition of a basic reality, which is that affordable housing is only as good as the ability to fill it.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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There’s a generous and an ungenerous reading of Carole Radziwill returning to RHONY.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
4 May 2026
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There’s an ungenerous and shallow way to look at this film as little more than a highlight reel of Hammer’s work, a paltry substitute for actually spending meaningful time with the work itself.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Chintzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chintzy. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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