stinted
stinted adjective: constrained; restrained; confined. Also the simple past and past participle of stint.
Adjective
stinted (comparative more stinted, superlative most stinted)
- Constrained; restrained; confined.
- Neither Mr. Toots nor Mr. Feeder could partake of this or any other snuff, even in the most stinted and moderate degree, without being seized with convulsions of sneezing.1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, “Paul grows more and more Old-fashioned, and goes Home for the Holidays”, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC...
- Mr. Home himself offered me a handsome sum—thrice my present salary—if I would accept the office of companion to his daughter. I declined. I think I should have declined had I been poorer than I was, and with scantier fund of resource, more stinted narrowness of future prospect.1853 January, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “A Burial”, in Villette. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 271
Also used as
stinted is also the simple past and past participle of stint.
Forms of stinted
| comparative | more stinted |
|---|---|
| superlative | most stinted |
Words formed from stinted
Questions about stinted
- What does stinted mean?
- Stinted means constrained; restrained; confined.
- What part of speech is stinted?
- Stinted is an adjective.
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