stingy
adjective
1. unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)
- she practices economy without being stingy
Similar word(s): uncharitable, beggarly, mean, cheap, chinchy, chintzy, cheeseparing, close, near, skinny, closefisted, hardfisted, tightfisted, grudging, niggardly, scrimy, mingy, miserly, tight, parsimonious, penurious, meanspirited, ungenerous, selfish, ungenerous
2. deficient in amount or quality or extent
Similar word(s): scarce, bare, scanty, spare, exiguous, hardscrabble, measly, miserable, paltry, minimal, minimum, deficient, insufficient, meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy