Definitions
deficient in amount or quality or extent
Word origin
Uncertain, possibly from stinge, a dialectal variation of sting (verb).
Used in a sentence
“"Well, I'm doing my best to grow," said Davy, "but it's a thing you can't hurry much. If Marilla wasn't so stingy with her jam I believe I'd grow a lot faster."”
“The realization of this joint oppression is like discovering that the stingy crusts of bread being held out by society have mold on them.”
“Bumble bee – Bumble bee / I send to you this sonnet, / But please don't be – Bumble bee / The stingy bee in my bonnet.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Not generous”6 letters
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