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stingy

Pronunciation: /ˈstɪnd͡ʒi/

The English word “stingy” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.
  2. Small, scant, meager, insufficient.
  3. Stinging; able or inclined to sting.

Etymology

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

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