stinginess

Example Sentences

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The girls bought new shoes and ate more meat, but along with Pedro’s financial savvy came a stinginess that extended to his family.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2024

But he is constantly flummoxed by the stinginess of some customers.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2023

Despite ownership’s stinginess with payroll during the rebuild, Elias said he got everything he wanted this offseason.

From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2023

There are a couple of reasons for societal stinginess.

From Reuters • Dec. 9, 2021

Waitresses chafed at managers’ stinginess toward the customers; housecleaners resented the time constraints that sometimes made them cut corners; retail workers wanted the floor to be beautiful, not cluttered with excess stock as management required.

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