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adjective

Definition of niggardnext
as in careful
giving or sharing as little as possible in Shakespeare's sonnet, the narrator begs his love to give him more praise "than niggard truth would willingly impart"

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niggard

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noun

ˈni-gərd How to pronounce niggard (audio)
as in miser
a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money such a niggard that he refused to hand out candy at Halloween, saying it would cost too much money

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for niggard
  1. careful
  2. miser
  3. niggardly
  4. selfish
  5. miserly
  6. parsimonious
  7. greedy
  8. stingy
Adjective
  • The researchers are careful to point out that this method was intended to work only with cooperative participants.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
  • This process begins with careful curation and labeling of data before it's fed into AI models.
    Rehan Jalil, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of careful
Noun
  • So why is she remembered only as the world’s greatest miser?
    BYWill Daniel, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Major storms could surface if one partner is a spendthrift and the other is a miser.
    Bruce Helmer and Peg Webb, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2024
Definition of miser
Adjective
  • Many Chileans are angry about the country’s unequal distribution of wealth and power, about niggardly pensions (for which people are supposed to save themselves) and about long waiting times for doctors’ visits and poor schools.
    The Economist, The Economist, 25 Dec. 2019
  • To tap one of the country’s two largest and most niggardly mines is hard enough.
    The Economist, The Economist, 3 Feb. 2018
Definition of niggardly
Adjective
  • Not because Biden was selfish and ran for reelection.
    Ted Trimpa, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Perhaps a record of principled work for others should outweigh a record of selfish ambition.
    Keenan Robbins, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of selfish
Adjective
  • Smart Care can free up valuable storage space, an important function considering most Macs come with miserly amounts of storage.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Sneak-peek images of the one-time-only giveaway souvenirs had quickly been met with ridicule online for their ultra-minimalist design — seen by some as one last miserly indignity directed at a loyal fanbase.
    Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of miserly
Adjective
  • To articulate its outlines sufficiently is, almost by definition, to spill past time, to run counter to the withholding, parsimonious control that has characterized the Obamas all along.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2024
  • His parsimonious choice befitted a man for whom discipline in pursuit of victory is no vice and who jettisoned cargo-loads of ideological baggage to make his party an acceptable vehicle of protest.
    E.J. Dionne, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
Definition of parsimonious
Adjective
  • His skin, a greedy shade of brown, seems to eat up all the light.
    Essence, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Like Kato and Sunja’s margarita date last week, this is another small moment that moves as much, if not more, than any of the larger emotional gestures in the show — some pleasures are immune to misery’s greedy hands.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of greedy
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, the defense has taken a stingy turn under new defensive coordinator Vic Fangio.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • The Wild, one of the NHL’s stingiest teams, had only lost two games in regulation time this season.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of stingy
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