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as in miserly
giving or sharing as little as possible
until his redemption, Ebenezer Scrooge is the classic example of a very stingy, heartless miser
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as in sparse
less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable
a stingy serving of mashed potatoes
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Recent Examples of stingy
Nationally, the stingiest bosses were in Louisiana, who gave only 2.8% raises late last year.
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Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
With the margin for error thin, the Mets need a stingy defense, and Baty has started seven of the last 10 games at third base.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
In his later years, Young found a lucrative second career providing voice-overs for TV cartoon characters, most notably, wealthy but stingy Uncle Scrooge McDuck of Disney fame.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
The president has a long history of being stingy with his money, choosing instead to wield his influence by bestowing endorsements and staging rallies that energize the Republican base.
—Jill Colvin, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
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Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
With the margin for error thin, the Mets need a stingy defense, and Baty has started seven of the last 10 games at third base.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
In his later years, Young found a lucrative second career providing voice-overs for TV cartoon characters, most notably, wealthy but stingy Uncle Scrooge McDuck of Disney fame.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
The president has a long history of being stingy with his money, choosing instead to wield his influence by bestowing endorsements and staging rallies that energize the Republican base.
—Jill Colvin, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stingy
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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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On one side stood a sparse gathering of supporters, including students and faculty.—
Avi D. Gordon,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 June 2025
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After missing the cut at the US Open, Phil Mickelson walked off the 18th green at Oakmont with a quiet nod to the sparse crowd, a soft wave, and a lingering glance at the leaderboard.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 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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Accurate data is scarce, given that members of groups rarely self-identify.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Dholes are dogs and communal hunters, typically traveling in packs of up to 30 animals but can hunt alone or in pairs when prey is scarce, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2025
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People often stereotype crypto investors as reckless, young, or greedy.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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To be patient but not to be greedy, Lilian thought now, studying Maureen’s pale eyelids.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
15 June 2025
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Despite having a poor 2024 season that saw the Pirates remove Bednar from the closer role, the right-hander is back to his dominant form.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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The key drivers are BGE’s soaring spending and profits and poor management by PJM Interconnection, the private entity that operates our electric grid.—
Emily Scarr,
Baltimore Sun,
29 June 2025
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Every year, a complacent, tightfisted city council turned down the recommendations.—
Margaret Talbot,
The New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2023
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Kotick played the tightfisted owner of the Oakland A’s.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
31 May 2023
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Both parsimonious tenets are measurable, explainable and actionable.—
Noah Barsky,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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This parsimonious approach protects you from overdoing it when a less resource-intensive and even faster way to get the data would have been enough.—
Julius Černiauskas,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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“Stingy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stingy. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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