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Translation of stingy – English–Vietnamese dictionary

stingy

 adjective  /ˈstindʒi/  comparative stingier | superlative stingiest Add to word list Add to word list ● mean or ungenerous keo kiệt, bủn xỉn My father’s very stingy with his money stingy portions of food.

See also

stingily stinginess

(Translation of stingy from the PASSWORD English-Vietnamese Dictionary © 2015 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of stingy

stingy It is uncomfortable, therefore, to appear to be turning down a good case, to appear to be stingy when we might be open-handed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some very telling tables in that publication show how stingy we are. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no use being stingy about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a well-known principle in the world of art that no painter should be stingy with his paints. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One likely reason for this is that means-tested programmes tend to be stingy and small to begin with, and so will yield little in terms of budgetary savings. From the Cambridge English Corpus By stingy, myopic attitudes to-day, we are forfeiting for our successors the friendship they will be able to offer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How generous they can be when they are contemplating the difficulties of naval officers, and how stingy when contemplating the difficulties of the unemployed! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But the amount is ungenerous; it is almost stingy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. B1

Translations of stingy

in Chinese (Traditional) 小氣的，吝嗇的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 小气的，吝啬的… See more in Spanish agarrado, roñica, tacaño/ña [masculine-feminine… See more in Portuguese miserável, mesquinho, pão-duro… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian けちな, しみったれた… See more cimri, hasis, pinti… See more pingre, avare, chiche… See more garrepa… See more gierig… See more lakomý, mizerný… See more fedtet… See more kikir… See more ขี้เหนียว… See more skąpy… See more snål… See more kedekut… See more knickerig… See more gjerrig, gnien, smålig… See more 인색한… See more скупий, скнарий… See more spilorcio, tirchio, avaro… See more Need a translator?

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