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synonyms for mean

  • greedy
  • selfish
  • close
  • mercenary
  • niggard
  • penny-pinching
  • mingy
  • miserly
  • parsimonious
  • penurious
  • rapacious
  • scrimpy
  • stingy
  • tight
  • tight-fisted
See also synonyms for: meaning / means / meant
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antonyms for mean

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  • generous
  • compassionate
  • extreme
  • kind
  • nice
  • noble
  • polite
  • sympathetic
  • unselfish
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The term “off-roading” means different things to different people.
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Some states are also mandated to remove voters deemed “inactive,” meaning they didn’t respond to a mailer sent to confirm their address and haven’t voted in the last few elections.
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I mean, I thought I’d take it right off the table right this very minute.
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One doctor said some patients attacked their peers or employees as a way to get out of the hospital, even if it meant going to jail.
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It just means the ability to continually become the most powerful and relevant version of you and your proposition, your experience.
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“It means that the Fed can keep going with very cheap money, that it can go on for a much longer time at this rate,” he said.
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Given the pandemic, many people are working from home—but this means you can really work from anywhere.
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That means courts in October and November will likely start deciding just how much, if any, property has been damaged by the coronavirus, he said.
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Hilda, trembling at the door, more than half expected Mr. Orgreave to say: "You mean, she's invited herself."
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETT
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