as in miser
a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money the team's owner is a skinflint whose penny-pinching ways keep the team from acquiring any real talent

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Recent Examples of skinflint Gone are the days of some teams having nearly their entire 40-man roster in uniform and those with skinflint owners having only a few extras. Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022 Manchin isn’t the only skinflint in American politics. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022 The skinflint editor played, lackadaisically, by Mr. Murray is based on Harold Ross. Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2021 Both political parties have endorsed a modest rate of taxation of the rich, and a wretched, skinflint system of welfare and social services. Ryan Cooper, TheWeek, 9 June 2020 See All Example Sentences for skinflint
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miser
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  • But as the legend grew, so did the myths — such as that of Comiskey being a miser, forcing his players to seek compensation through gamblers.
    Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
  • The power miser of chatbots will, if anything, drive more AI adoption overall.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025

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“Skinflint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skinflint. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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