stinted
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of stint
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Nevertheless, he has always had to pay higher rents than even these for the poorest and most stinted rooms."
Usage
Inflected Forms
more stinted (comparative)
most stinted (superlative)