how to pronounce stingy

/ˈstɪndʒiː/

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stingy is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of stingy in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… when I'm stingy was sharing I suffer and …”

meaning of stingy

Stingy means unwilling to spend money or give away things.

stingy frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word stingy occurs in english on average 0.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics stingy can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that stingy can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;