niggardliness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun extreme stinginess
    tightfistedness; parsimoniousness; minginess; meanness; closeness; niggardness; tightness; parsimony.

WordNet


Nig"gard*li*ness noun
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess.
    Niggardliness is not good husbandry. Addison.

Webster 1913