stinting

Adj.

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stinting - 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" Synonyms: frugal, sparing, scotch, economical

colloquialism, economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, thrifty