Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
stint .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective avoiding waste
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Examples
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When people are very poor for their position in life, they can only keep out of debt by stinting on many occasions when stinting is very painful to a liberal spirit.
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By the last sentence of the report, the author's feelings had got the better of him, and he proffered -grateful thanks to our colleague, DI John Rebus (St. Leonard's CID), for endeavors on our behalf which can only be described as stinting in the extreme.
Resurrection Men Rankin, Ian, 1960- 2002
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Does he or she appeal to a generous or stinting people?
Robert Ellis Gordon: Chris Matthews, Bobby Kennedy and My Ethical Dilemma Robert Ellis Gordon 2010
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Does he or she appeal to a generous or stinting people?
Robert Ellis Gordon: Chris Matthews, Bobby Kennedy and My Ethical Dilemma Robert Ellis Gordon 2010
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Frustrated, if you don't go to the doctor, it might cost the county less, but the insurance company which is backing the county plan will simply increase the rates for other companies and individuals, so thinking your stinting on medical care will drive down costs is untrue.
Constantine Won’t Push for Legislation Curbing Health Care Costs for High-Paid Workers « PubliCola 2010
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His thoughts came as a response to the now-age-old question regarding why Nokia hasn't adopted Android with his argument essentially being that the market is over-saturated as it is and that manufacturers would be stinting growth in the long run since it'll be hard for consumers to find meaningful differences from one piece of hardware to another.
Outgoing-Nokia Exec: Using Android Is Like Peeing In Your Pants For Warmth The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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His thoughts came as a response to the now-age-old question regarding why Nokia hasn't adopted Android with his argument essentially being that the market is over-saturated as it is and that manufacturers would be stinting growth in the long run since it'll be hard for consumers to find meaningful differences from one piece of hardware to another.
Outgoing-Nokia Exec: Using Android Is Like Peeing In Your Pants For Warmth 2010
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His thoughts came as a response to the now-age-old question regarding why Nokia hasn't adopted Android with his argument essentially being that the market is over-saturated as it is and that manufacturers would be stinting growth in the long run since it'll be hard for consumers to find meaningful differences from one piece of hardware to another.
Outgoing-Nokia Exec: Using Android Is Like Peeing In Your Pants For Warmth 2010
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In these days when we are cutting back on music education and stinting on "culture," Bach and classical music in general is viewed as elitist and irrelevant.
Alan Elsner: A Documentary About Bach Gives Food for Thought 2010
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Okay, so we've learned how to consume without stinting.
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