tightfistedness

noun

as in economy
the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money longing for the occasional luxury, they bitterly complained about their father's tightfistedness

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  1. economy
  2. saving
  3. tightness
  4. economizing
  5. cheapness
Noun
  • Middle-skilled workers whose jobs are highly exposed to automation risk being left behind, with advanced economies facing a particularly significant impact.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
  • That seemingly minor detail can have huge consequences for the entire economy.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of economy
Noun
  • Only a few decades later, environmentalists recast wilderness as something that needed saving.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • What made the building worth saving was also what made the project so challenging.
    — Mickey Rapkin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of saving
Noun
  • But Heat starting center Bam Adebayo did not play against the Nets because of right groin tightness.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
  • First comes the tightness and dullness, then the flaky patches around my cheeks.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of tightness
Noun
  • Inflation continues to pressure consumers The holiday economizing comes as Americans continue to battle inflation, which rose after the COVID-19 pandemic to levels not seen since the 1980s.
    — Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Nov. 2025
Definition of economizing
Noun
  • In this way, simple cheapness becomes the rationale for pumping yet more carbon emissions into the atmosphere to import lumber produced through the destruction of overseas forests.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • The cheapness of a people for whom other peoples’ lives are cheap.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
Definition of cheapness
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“Tightfistedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tightfistedness. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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