niggardness

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Noun 1. [画像:Niggardness - extreme stinginess]niggardness - extreme stinginess

minginess, niggardliness, tightfistedness, meanness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, closeness, tightness

stinginess - a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money

littleness, pettiness, smallness - lack of generosity in trifling matters

miserliness - total lack of generosity with money

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