stingy
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Synonyms
cheap, chintzy, close, closefisted, mean, mingy, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, pinchpenny, spare, sparing, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous
Antonyms
bounteous, bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting
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But Portland will face a big challenge Saturday as the club tries to break out in the attack against a stingy Washington Spirit team. — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive.com, "Portland Thorns aim to get attack going against Washington Spirit," 15 Aug. 2019 Foltynewicz remains stingy with the free pass, but that’s the lone bright spot in his disastrous 2019 to date. — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, "Slumping Michael Chavis Leads This Week's Fantasy Baseball Droppables," 13 June 2019 Ramsay endured a two-hour weather delay and a stingy Minor defense but managed to open the season with 21-18 victory tonight in the second game of the Birmingham City Schools kickoff doubleheader at Legion Field. — Evan Dudley, al, "Ramsay rallies to beat Minor for season-opening win," 25 Aug. 2019 Fletcher, Carroll, Brown and Traylor will lead a stingy defense that is expected to be a strength. — Jim Lindgren, San Diego Union-Tribune, "2019 Grossmont Hills League prep football preview," 16 Aug. 2019 However, one person has been noticeably stingy with his praise of the edge rusher who was selected with the No. 2 pick: defensive coordinator Robert Saleh. — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, "Rookie Nick Bosa earning praise from teammates," 3 Aug. 2019 Japan’s pensions are comparatively stingy, with several countries spending more despite their younger populations (see chart). — The Economist, "Japanese people need to put more aside for retirement," 4 July 2019 Some of the components of the illusion are a matter of speculation, as the club is notoriously stingy with information about itself. — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, "Inside the Cultish Dreamworld of Augusta National," 14 June 2019 And the dual-cheese treatment that seemed to promise a degree of lush abandon (Master Cheese!) proved perfectly ordinary and indeed, a tad stingy. — Alison Cook, Houston Chronicle, "Burger Friday: Red Robin Gourmet Burgers at Marq-E Entertainment Center," 7 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stingy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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