cheeseparing
Definition
- Adjective:
- Excessively frugal or stingy: Describes someone who is unwilling to spend money or use resources, often to an extreme or petty degree.
- Characterized by miserly economy: Refers to actions, policies, or attitudes that involve saving or withholding in a mean-spirited or overly cautious way.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The company's cheeseparing approach to employee benefits has hurt morale.
- He was so cheeseparing that he would reuse teabags.
- The project failed due to cheeseparing budget cuts that eliminated essential components.
Advanced Usage
- As a noun (less common): The act or practice of being stingy or saving in a petty way.
- His cheeseparing over office supplies was a source of constant jokes among the staff.
Variants and Related Words
- Cheeseparer (noun): A person who is stingy or miserly.
- He was known as a notorious cheeseparer who never contributed to office collections.
Synonyms
- Stingy
- Miserly
- Penny-pinching
- Parsimonious
- Niggardly
- Tightfisted
Related Phrases and Idioms
- Penny-wise and pound-foolish: This idiom describes a similar mindset of being overly careful with small amounts of money (cheeseparing) while being wasteful with large sums. It criticizes false economy.
- Their cheeseparing on maintenance is penny-wise and pound-foolish; now they face a huge repair bill.
Adjective
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giving or spending with reluctance
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our cheeseparing administration
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very close (or near) with his money
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a penny-pinching miserly old man
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