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stingy

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  1. 1. a. Stinging; able to sting. Source: opted
  2. 2. superl. Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.) Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adj. deficient in amount or quality or extent Source: wordnet
  5. 5. Stinging; able to sting. Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl. A stingy, narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it began to be rotten. L'estrange. Source: webster
  6. 6. j:100 a. unwilling to spend Source: ecdict

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