mingy
Example Sentences
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When the lot was uncrated, Young deemed the mugs too mingy to hold the volume of tea and cocoa she requires.
From Seattle Times
“When you walk, think of yourself striding, not just taking mingy steps.”
From New York Times
Furthermore, the dimensions of a standard container, roughly 20 by 8 by 8½ feet, are too mingy on their own, which is why he has arranged his two-story house to be two containers wide.
From New York Times
A stable and predictable regulatory system produces only mingy or non-existent rents.
But when the major violence does kick in, it feels pinched and mingy, rather than resplendent, which is uncharacteristic for Tarantino.
From Time
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