MISERLINESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Total lack of generosity with money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("miserliness" is a kind of...):

closeness; meanness; minginess; niggardliness; niggardness; parsimoniousness; parsimony; tightfistedness; tightness (extreme stinginess)

Derivation:

miserly ((used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity)

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