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scrimpy collapse

closefisted collapse: unwilling to part with money

niggard collapse: a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend

grudging collapse: petty or reluctant in giving or spending; "a niggardly tip"; of especially an attitude; "gave grudging consent"; "grudging acceptance of his opponent's victory"

infrequent collapse: not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals; "infrequent outbursts of temper"

penny pinching collapse

penurious collapse

possessive collapse: desirous of owning; "small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys"; having or showing a desire to control or dominate; "a possessive parent"; serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings"

thrifty collapse: careful and diligent in the use of resources

meanly collapse: in a miserly manner; "they lived meanly and without ostentation"; poorly or in an inferior manner; "troops meanly equipped"; in a despicable, ignoble manner; "this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society"

scarce collapse: deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"; not enough; hard to find; "meat was scarce during the war"

stinted collapse

selfish collapse: concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others; "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman

ungiving collapse

sparse collapse: not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

avaricious collapse: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"

Lenten collapse: of or relating to or suitable for Lent; "lenten food"

sprinkled collapse

skimpy collapse

piddling collapse

economical collapse: avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

abstemious collapse: sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy; marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious with the use of adverbs"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper"

ungenerous collapse: lacking in magnanimity; "it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive"

exiguous collapse: extremely scanty; "an exiguous budget"

parsimonious collapse: excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"

scrawny collapse: inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees"

illiberal collapse: narrow-minded about cherished opinions

chintzy collapse

starvation collapse: the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"; a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

stingy collapse: unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

scrimping collapse

stunted collapse

cheeseparing collapse: giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"

subsistence collapse: minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting; "social security provided only a bare subsistence"; the state of existing in reality; having substance; a means of surviving; "farming is a hard means of subsistence"

greedy collapse: wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; "don't be greedy with the cookies"

dwarfed collapse

straitened collapse: distressed or embarrassed (especially financially)

measly collapse: contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"

frugal collapse

pinching collapse

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