Explore Stingiest through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Stingiest meaning
superlative form of stingy: most stingy
Using Stingiest
- The main meaning on this page is: superlative form of stingy: most stingy
- In the example corpus, stingiest often appears in combinations such as: the stingiest, league stingiest.
Context around Stingiest
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stingiest
- In this selection, "stingiest" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, third, defence, units and pairings stand out and add context to how "stingiest" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also the stingiest interior defender and division s stingiest defence on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stingiest" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stingiest
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He’s also the stingiest interior defender among the 10 starters. (11 words)
They gave up the boasted the league’s stingiest penalty kill. (11 words)
Ranking bottom-third in goals-for, they're stingiest of all in goals-against (2.32). (16 words)
That won’t be enough on Tuesday, when it’s three (or more) or bust against a team that is one of the stingiest in MLS and has three straight clean sheets coming into the contest. (36 words)
Not only does the rookie have to face the league’s stingiest defense on Thursday night when he faces Bill Belichick’s Patriots, but he’ll be without several of his most important weapons. (34 words)
Keller, who came into the game with the third-stingiest home run rate in the majors, breezed through the seventh and manager Ned Yost left him in to start the eighth. (31 words)
Example sentences (9)
Arsenal have scored 40 goals in their 16 games so far this campaign, but face the division’s stingiest defence on Tuesday, with Newcastle conceding just 11 in 17 outings.
That won’t be enough on Tuesday, when it’s three (or more) or bust against a team that is one of the stingiest in MLS and has three straight clean sheets coming into the contest.
On defense, the Flames have been one of the stingiest units in the league, conceding 77 goals in total (2.8 per game) which ranks 10th.
Spurgeon and Jonas Brodin were one of the stingiest pairings in the NHL before Brodin was sidelined recently with an upper-body injury.
Keller, who came into the game with the third-stingiest home run rate in the majors, breezed through the seventh and manager Ned Yost left him in to start the eighth.
Not only does the rookie have to face the league’s stingiest defense on Thursday night when he faces Bill Belichick’s Patriots, but he’ll be without several of his most important weapons.
Ranking bottom-third in goals-for, they're stingiest of all in goals-against (2.32).
He’s also the stingiest interior defender among the 10 starters.
They gave up the boasted the league’s stingiest penalty kill.
Common combinations with stingiest
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: