ungenerous
Adjective
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Lacking in magnanimity (synset 301118823)
"it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive"also: stingy, ungenerous - unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)same as: meanspirited
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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 timesimilar 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: stingy
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