stinginess
Example Sentences
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They have regained some of their defensive stinginess.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2023
Philadelphia overcame some offensive struggles with defensive stinginess.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2022
Yet to these Cubs, a big-market team whose stinginess in recent winters has frustrated fans who do not understand it, the splurge on Swanson signals a change in approach.
From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2022
Nevertheless, there is a notable stinginess in English when it comes to describing gender, certainly compared to the largess of Indigenous languages.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2022
Whose whims had been taken seriously by adults and who grew up to be the stingiest, greediest people on earth and out of their stinginess grew their stingy little love that ate everything in sight.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
