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stinted

verb

past tense of stint
1
as in withheld

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2
as in skimped

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stinted
  1. withheld
  2. skimped
  3. retained
  4. exhausted
  5. denied
  6. depleted
  7. kept
Verb
  • Boeing admitted responsibility for the fatal crashes and that its employees withheld information about the design flaw from the Federal Aviation Administration during certification.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Multiple National Women’s Soccer League teams withheld players from the competition to help during a crucial final stretch of the club season.
    — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of withheld
Verb
  • Moreno spent on stars, skimped everywhere else, and squandered the primes of two of baseball's greatest players as the franchise languished.
    — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The Pfizer conversion used almost no organized labor, which did not make the unions happy; the only union workers on the site were the steamfitters, who immediately claimed that Berman skimped on steel.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 11 July 2026
Definition of skimped
Verb
  • Tallman — who has retained an attorney and is researching his litigation options against Sanders and Drastic Measures — is still in the industry as well.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Over the last four cycles, the Olympic roster has retained about 70 percent of the previous World Cup roster, but that doesn’t take into account some last-minute changes and unexpected injuries so the true retention rate is even a bit higher.
    — Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of retained
Verb
  • This change responds to the numerous college athlete-plaintiffs who have exhausted their NCAA eligibility, but who seek to continue playing or return to competition.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The film’s director, Florian Zeller, has perhaps exhausted the goodwill afforded to him after the Oscar-winning run for 2020’s The Father.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of exhausted
Verb
  • Soon after, Politico said its White House reporter Cheyenne Haslett was also denied entry and had her badge confiscated.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Harvey’s City Council voted unanimously last October to apply for the so-far rare designation of a Financially Distressed City, which the state denied in April.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of denied
Verb
  • The son and a guardian claims that Mary Max had depleted his finances and browbeat him.
    — BETH J. HARPAZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Somehow my body had depleted my blood supply and ability to clot.
    — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of depleted
Verb
  • Aging pipes must be replaced, leaks prevented, emergencies addressed and critical systems kept operating for homes, schools, hospitals and businesses.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Robert Mugabe, longtime strongman of Zimbabwe, printed money to ensure his party kept control of the country and to finance the nation's deficits.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of kept
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“Stinted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stinted. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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