stinginess

Example Sentences

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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

They have regained some of their defensive stinginess.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2023

There are a couple of reasons for societal stinginess.

From Reuters • Dec. 9, 2021

And so I closed the Bible and to that group of women clustering close, I told the truth about myself—my self-centeredness, my stinginess, my lack of love.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom