We found 4 definitions of stinting from 4 different sources.
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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" | ||
economical, frugal, scotch, sparing | ||
thrifty careful and diligent in the use of resources | ||
colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech |