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MINGINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
closeness; meanness; minginess; niggardliness; niggardness; parsimoniousness; parsimony; tightfistedness; tightness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("minginess" is a kind of...):
stinginess (a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "minginess"):
littleness; pettiness; smallness (lack of generosity in trifling matters)
miserliness (total lack of generosity with money)
Derivation:
mingy ((used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity)