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stingy
adjective /ˈstɪn.dʒi/ informal disapprovingDefinition
› unwilling to spend money: He's really stingy and never buys the drinks when we go out. The owners are so stingy - they've refused to pay for new carpets.Mean with money stinginess
/-nəs/ noun [U] › He blames government stinginess for the lack of money available to spend on new books in schools.Mean with money
(Definition of stingy adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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