stingy

Meaning

  1. Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean
  2. Small, scant, meager, insufficient

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈstɪnd͡ʒi/
Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from stinge, a dialectal variation of sting (verb).

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