miserliness

Example Sentences

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Just last Wednesday, I posted a column reporting how our richest corporations, through sheer miserliness and profit-seeking, left millions of Americans vulnerable to technological attacks on their privacy and welfare.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2024

In all the versions of the story, there is resistance, skepticism, fear, miserliness, scarcity or a suspicion that must first be conquered.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2021

But besides the miserliness that Venmo encourages, and the social panopticon it engenders, the app is good for one wholly pure thing: succinct humor.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2018

Even when they have not been at their best thus far, they have dug out a result and their defensive miserliness bodes well.

From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2016

Now I’m embarrassed, and beyond that overwhelmed to discover a covert stream of generosity running counter to the dominant corporate miserliness.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich