as in careful
giving or sharing as little as possible
the company's mingy Christmas bonuses haven't exactly helped sagging employee morale
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Recent Examples of mingy
There was nothing mingy or minimalist about their aesthetic.
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Carl Swanson, Town & Country, 3 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mingy
Adjective
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
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These soft and chewy treats are the result of dozens of careful recipe tests.—
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Como had been neck-and-neck with Roma’s miserly backline before shipping four at Inter last Saturday, a chastening defeat that ended an unbeaten run stretching back to the end of August.—
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In this version, miserly Madame Eleanor is visited by the ghost former business partner Jacob Marley as well as a few other apparitions.—
Adjective
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No one wants to disappoint their child or be seen as ungenerous.—
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Unkindness and people being ungenerous.—
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Freedom and rule of law were defended last night, but dictators will try to exploit this to rationalize their selfish objectives.—
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Even though a lot of what happens in the book borders on the ridiculous because of the behavior of narcissistic selfish venal individuals.—
Adjective
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The Heat’s offense struggled to generate quality looks against the Timberwolves’ stingy defense, especially in half-court situations.—
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Charlotte shot 53 percent (19-for-37 from 3, 51 percent) against OKC’s usually stingy defense.—
Adjective
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Carrey portrays Ebenezer Scrooge, a cantankerous, greedy old man visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who show him the error of his ways.—
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The turning point in this contest, though, came when the Chiefs decided to get greedy on fourth-and-1 from their own 31-yard line.—
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Every year, a complacent, tightfisted city council turned down the recommendations.—
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Kotick played the tightfisted owner of the Oakland A’s.—
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The eye, though, is much more parsimonious, focusing its attention only on a small part of the visual scene at any one time—namely, the part of the scene that changes, like the fluttering of a leaf or a golf ball splashing into water.—
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California voters acted with urgency, but implementation efforts have been met with petulance and parsimonious budgetary support that is barely one fourth of what is needed.—
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“Mingy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mingy. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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