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stinting
stint 1 S0763100 (stĭnt)v. stint·ed, stint·ing, stints v.intr.1. To be frugal or economical in providing something; hold back: The host did not stint on the wine. He does not stint when providing advice.2. Archaic To stop or desist.v.tr.1. a. To restrict (someone) in what is provided or allowed: "found his living so expensive that he had to stint his family" (William Marvel).b. To restrict (something supplied); be sparing with.2. Archaic To cause to stop.n.1. A length of time spent in a particular way, especially doing a job or fulfilling a duty: a two-year stint in the military.2. A limitation or restriction: working without stint.
[Middle English stinten, to cease, from Old English styntan, to blunt.]
stint′er n.stint′ing·ly adv.
stint 2 S0763100 (stĭnt)n. Any of several small sandpipers of the genus Calidris, primarily of the Eastern Hemisphere.
[Middle English stint, from Old English.]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | 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"frugal, sparing, scotch, economicalcolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechthrifty - careful and diligent in the use of resources |
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Related to stinting: StentingSynonyms for stintingadj avoiding wasteSynonyms- frugal
- sparing
- scotch
- economical
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