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/stˈɪntɪŋ/
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ADJECTIVE
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avoiding waste
sparing in their use of heat and light
an economical shopper
a frugal lunch
`scotch' is used only informally
a frugal farmer
thrifty because they remember the great Depression
an economical meal
stinting in bestowing gifts
a sparing father and a spending son
How To Use stinting In A Sentence
- First, federal education spending under him is up nearly 50 percent over the final year of the past presidency, so the coalition's charge that the president is stinting the schools is just bunk.
- This true eccentric was lucky enough to find a lover, Tom Lee, who gave Russell the kind of unstinting love and support most artists only dream of and which surely helped him realize his creative dreams. Bright Lights After Dark
- In response to the generous tributes, he thanked the city for its unstinting support.
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- Dr David Hope praised the Queen's ‘unstinting service, profound wisdom and unswerving faith’ during her 50-year reign at a special festal evensong at York Minster.
- The likeable actors unstintingly throw themselves into the musical's upbeat world. Times, Sunday Times
- The series opens with " Woman in the Dunes, " a film celebrated for its spareness in which Takemitsu ' s sound design is virtually a character, even as his electronically manipulated music — compressed strings, plinking percussion — is used stintingly. Japanese Cinema
- called for unstinting aid to Britain
- But because of laws that her brother unstintingly supported, that same group was ushered out again: the abortion rate for fetuses diagnosed with Down syndrome, for instance, is estimated to be as high as 90 percent. ProWomanProLife » The Kennedys on abortion
- In these days when we are cutting back on music education and stinting on "culture," Bach and classical music in general is viewed as elitist and irrelevant. Alan Elsner: A Documentary About Bach Gives Food for Thought