'Stinting' definitions:
Definition of 'stinting'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting]
Definition of 'Stinting'
From: GCIDE
- 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 to shorten, stunt short. Cf. Stent, Stunt.]
- 1. To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance. [1913 Webster]
- I shall not go about to extenuate the latitude of the curse upon the earth, or stint it only to the production of weeds. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
- She stints them in their meals. --Law. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To put an end to; to stop. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person), upon the performance of which one is excused from further labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares. [1913 Webster]
- The majority of maiden mares will become stinted while at work. --J. H. Walsh. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stinting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- cheeseparing,
- economy,
- economy of assumption,
- economy of means,
- elegance,
- frugal,
- frugal to excess,
- frugality,
- law of parsimony,
- measured,
- moderate,
- overfrugal,
- parsimonious,
- parsimoniousness,
- parsimony,
- penny-wise,
- penny-wise and pound-foolish,
- pinching,
- restrained,
- scamping,
- scrimping,
- skimping,
- sober,
- sparing,
- temperate,
- too frugal