Stinted
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Stinted is an adjective meaning simple past and past participle of stint.
Meaning
simple past and past participle of stint.
More Meanings
- (dated) Constrained; restrained; confined.
Example Sentences
Nevertheless, he has always had to pay higher rents than even these for the poorest and most stinted rooms.
Neither Mr. Toots nor Mr. Feeder could partake of this or any other snuff, even in the most stinted and moderate degree, without being seized with convulsions of sneezing.
Mr. Home himself offered me a handsome sum—thrice my present salary—if I would accept the office of companion to his daughter. I declined. I think I should have declined had I been poorer than I was, and with scantier fund of resource, more stinted narrowness of future prospect.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stretch, scant, scrimp, skimp, stinty, strictured.
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