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Stinginess

Stinginess \Stin"gi*ness\, n. The quality or state of being stingy.

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stinginess

n. A lack of generosity.

WordNet
stinginess

n. a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money [ant: generosity]

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Stinginess

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Usage examples of "stinginess".

There is almost no research with common compulsions, such as perfectionism, indecisiveness, rule-boundness, stinginess, workaholism, etc.

Though Lydia had always remained mute about his reasons for calling, Alistair had usually left counting his new assets or else striding irately out berating her so-called closefisted stinginess, which he had done at the conclusion of his last visit.

The boarding-house keeper boldly asserted that she could not afford better for the amount she had received, and there was truth in that, but she had no business to keep house and to become the tormentor of poor children who were thrown on her hands by stinginess, and who required to be properly fed.

Another part was a conscious effort on his part to give the lie to Jews' reputation for stinginess.

She had never before thought much about the Grand Council's stinginess with news.

Confronted with the most awesome Republican small-mindedness, a stinginess and bleakness of spirit that could absolutely bend the mind.