stinted

stinted
Synonyms and related words:
Lenten, Spartan, abstemious, ascetic, austere, boxed in, circumscribed, confined, cramped, dwarfed, dwarfish, exiguous, frugal, hedged about, hedged in, hemmed in, icebound, impoverished, jejune, landlocked, lean, limited, meager, mean, miserly, narrow, niggardly, paltry, parsimonious, poor, puny, qualified, restricted, scant, scanty, scrawny, scrimp, scrimpy, skimp, skimpy, slender, slight, slim, small, snowbound, spare, sparing, starvation, stingy, straitened, stunted, subsistence, thin, unnourishing, unnutritious, watered, watery, windbound

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • stinted — index devoid, limited, slight Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Stinted — Stint Stint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stinted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stinting}.] [OE. stinten, stenten, stunten, to cause to cease, AS. styntan (in comp.) to blunt, dull, fr. stunt dull, stupid; akin to Icel. stytta to shorten, stuttr short, dial, Sw.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stinted — un·stinted; …   English syllables

  • stinted — stɪnt n. fixed amount of work; period of time; limitation, restriction v. restrict, limit, economize, skimp; be frugal …   English contemporary dictionary

  • stinted — stintˈed adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑stint …   Useful english dictionary

  • Stint — Stint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stinted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stinting}.] [OE. stinten, stenten, stunten, to cause to cease, AS. styntan (in comp.) to blunt, dull, fr. stunt dull, stupid; akin to Icel. stytta to shorten, stuttr short, dial, Sw. stynta… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stinting — Stint Stint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stinted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stinting}.] [OE. stinten, stenten, stunten, to cause to cease, AS. styntan (in comp.) to blunt, dull, fr. stunt dull, stupid; akin to Icel. stytta to shorten, stuttr short, dial, Sw.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stint — I UK [stɪnt] / US noun [countable] Word forms stint : singular stint plural stints a period of time spent doing something He came to California after a brief stint as a waiter in New York. II UK [stɪnt] / US verb Word forms stint : present tense… …   English dictionary

  • stint on — phrasal verb Word forms stint on : present tense I/you/we/they stint on he/she/it stints on present participle stinting on past tense stinted on past participle stinted on informal not stint on something to use enough, or more than enough, of… …   English dictionary

  • stint on — ˈstint on [present tense I/you/we/they stint on he/she/it stints on present participle stinting on past tense stinted on past participle …   Useful english dictionary

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