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stinting

stinting
AdjectiveTransitive Verb
past: stintedpp: stinteding: stinting

Meanings

Adjectivestinting
[~ on something]

Unwilling to give or spend a generous amount of something; meager or parsimonious.

He was not stinting on the butter when baking the cake.

Transitive Verbstinting
[~ on something]

Restricting the amount of something provided or used, often to an excessive or selfish degree.

The company is stinting on safety equipment to save costs.

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