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Adjective stinting has 1 sense
- economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting - avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"
Antonym: wasteful (indirect, via thrifty)
Verb stint has 2 senses
- scrimp, stint, skimp - subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp"
--1 is one way to save
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s on something
- stint, skimp, scant - supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"
--2 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
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