stingy

1. Unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.) (synset 301116284)
   "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
   also:

   • uncharitable - lacking love and generosity
   • meanspirited, ungenerous - lacking in magnanimity
   • selfish - concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
   tells us about: generosity, generousness - the trait of being willing to give your money or time
   similar to:

   • beggarly, mean - (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
   • cheap, chinchy, chintzy - embarrassingly stingy
   • cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny - giving or spending with reluctance
   • closefisted, hardfisted, tightfisted - unwilling to part with money
   • grudging, niggardly, scrimy - petty or reluctant in giving or spending
   • mean, mingy, miserly, tight - (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
   • parsimonious, penurious - excessively unwilling to spend
   same as: ungenerous
2. Deficient in amount or quality or extent (synset 300107268)
   "meager resources"; "meager fare"
   also:

   • scarce - deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
   • minimal, minimum - the least possible
   • deficient, insufficient - of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
   tells us about: adequacy, sufficiency - the quality of being sufficient for the end in view
   similar to:

   • bare, scanty, spare - lacking in magnitude or quantity
   • exiguous - extremely scanty
   • hand-to-mouth - providing only bare essentials
   • hardscrabble - barely satisfying a lower standard
   • measly, miserable, paltry - contemptibly small in amount
   same as: meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy

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