stinting

• The compromise is honourable to the taste of the decorator, for there is no stinting of rich effect, stinting which would have been out of place, in the great doors, picked out and embossed, the elaborately devised and wrought walls and ceilings, the huge chandeliers, ;c. But warm, deep crimson is relieved by cool pale green, and sage wainscot meets the dull red of feathery leaves on other walls. —  Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen V.1.
• The basket of rolls was stinting, as was the supply of cream and sugar. —  NYT > Travel
• Given enough to support life without undue stinting, with a certainty of rescue at the end, and, I think, a fortnight as castaway in these waveless seas would be an uncommonly interesting experience What? —  The Sign of the Spider
• All she could do was to stint and punish herself and her family in the manner described, and inasmuch as the stinting and punishment were done in good faith, doubtless they would serve their purpose and have their reward The Rector was a widower. —  A Houseful of Girls
• No stinting, and no running in debt. —  Polly A New-Fashioned Girl

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