to stint

2 7.4

To give or use only small amounts

: escatimar

So the road to failure is really being stunted, stinted, stunted, stinted.

Examples

But as life at the Fremont campus suggests, this doesn't mean stinting on instruction.

Academic text (2003)
Felicia, though careful with money, still didn't stint with her own little trifles, and the bridegroom acceded gladly.

Fiction book (1997)
Do not stint on the holy water.

Judas Ghost (2013)
And be sure not to stint on the basis of a couple of hundred dollars.

Academic text (1993)
But I've never been one to stint on good, fresh food.

Blog text (7)
Never stint on tools you'll use to make money.

Blog text (1)
And under Janice's savvy tutelage, we had not stinted on decor.

Fiction book (1999)
She's also our hospitality, cooking nourishingly out of the books called Thoughts for Food or The Bel Canto Cookbook, and never stinting on quantity.

Fiction book (1992)
You should not stint on ingredients if you want to make a delicious recipe.
He did not stint in providing resources to help those in need.

to ration

vsto stint

34 5.1

To limit how much food or supplies each person gets when there is not enough

is general sparing rather than formal controlled distribution

to skimp

vsto stint

16 5.8

Use less of something than is needed to save money or time

is about careful sparing use rather than underproviding to save

to ration out

vsto stint

1 4.2

To give people small set amounts of things like food or water when supplies are low

is about being sparing overall rather than distributing items to many

lavish

59 5.5

Rich and full of expensive things, like a large party or home

to give

∞ 1.0

to stint

2 7.4

to skimp

16 5.8

to withhold

210 5.1

stint infinitive

stinted past

stinted past participle

stinting present participle

stints third person singular

Stint as a verb comes from the same old idea of 'to limit' (like 'stop' or 'hold back'), so to stint is to give or use only a small amount.