Englisch

Detailed Synonyms for stinting in Englisch

stinting:

stinting Adjektiv

  1. stinting
    – avoiding waste 1
    frugal; sparing; economical; scotch; stinting
    – avoiding waste 1
    • frugal Adjektiv
      • a frugal farmer1
      • a frugal lunch1
    • sparing Adjektiv
      • a sparing father and a spending son1
      • sparing in their use of heat and light1
    • economical Adjektiv
      • an economical meal1
      • an economical shopper1
    • scotch Adjektiv
      • `scotch' is used only informally1
    • stinting Adjektiv
      • stinting in bestowing gifts1

Alternate Synonyms for "stinting":


Verwandte Definitionen für "stinting":

  1. avoiding waste1
    • stinting in bestowing gifts1

stint:

stint Verb

  1. stint
    to haggle; to pinch and scrape; skimp; whittle; stint; to go short
  2. stint
    – supply sparingly and with restricted quantities 1
    scant; stint; skimp
    – supply sparingly and with restricted quantities 1
  3. stint
    – subsist on a meager allowance 1
    stint; skimp; scrimp
    – subsist on a meager allowance 1

stint [the ~] Nomen

  1. the stint
    – an individual's prescribed share of work 1
    the stint
    – an individual's prescribed share of work 1
    • stint [the ~] Nomen
      • her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her1
  2. the stint
    – smallest American sandpiper 1
    the stint; the Erolia minutilla; the least sandpiper
    – smallest American sandpiper 1
  3. the stint
    – an unbroken period of time during which you do something 1
    the stretch; the stint
    – an unbroken period of time during which you do something 1
    • stretch [the ~] Nomen
      • there were stretches of boredom1
      • he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary1
    • stint [the ~] Nomen

Verwandte Wörter für "stint":

  • stinting

Alternate Synonyms for "stint":


Verwandte Definitionen für "stint":

  1. an individual's prescribed share of work1
    • her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her1
  2. smallest American sandpiper1
  3. an unbroken period of time during which you do something1
  4. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities1
  5. subsist on a meager allowance1