miserliness
Pronunciations
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/ˈmaɪzə(ɹ)linəs/
Noun
The property of being miserly: excessive parsimony.
Usage- Uncountable
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Near-synonyms: stinginess, cheapness, tightness
Even his amazing miserliness was passed over acceptedly, for of such are the kingdom of shepherd millionaires.
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There were enough people in the room who wouldn’t mind seeing Beaufort-Holmes hurt to make the chorus a full and, to the uninitiated ear, good-humoured one. His colleagues wouldn’t mind because of his faith that he was a don, they lecturers or worse, and because of remembered miserlinesses.
Noun
total lack of generosity with money
Word forms
miserlinesses