All niggardly synonyms

adjective niggardly

• weak — not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.
• base — The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
• common — If something is common, it is found in large numbers or it happens often.
• crude — A crude method or measurement is not exact or detailed, but may be useful or correct in a rough, general way.
• diminutive — small; little; tiny: a diminutive building for a model-train layout.
• imperfect — not perfect; lacking completeness: imperfect knowledge.
• plain — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
• scanty — scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
• slight — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
• subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
• trifling — of very little importance; trivial; insignificant: a trifling matter.
• below par — If you say that someone or something is below par or under par, you are disappointed in them because they are below the standard you expected.
• contemptible — If you feel that someone or something is contemptible, you feel strong dislike and disrespect for them.
• dwarfed — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
• exiguous — Very small in size or amount.
• faulty — having faults or defects; imperfect.
• humble — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
• incomplete — not complete; lacking some part.
• insignificant — unimportant, trifling, or petty: Omit the insignificant details.
• lacking — being without; not having; wanting; less: Lacking equipment, the laboratory couldn't undertake the research project.
• low-grade — of an inferior quality, worth, value, etc.: The mine yields low-grade silver ore.
• lowly — humble in station, condition, or nature: a lowly cottage.
• pitiable — evoking or deserving pity; lamentable: pitiable, homeless children.
• pitiful — evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate.
• reduced — that is or has been reduced.
• rotten — decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
• second-rate — of lesser or minor quality, importance, or the like: a second-rate poet.
• shabby — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
• skimpy — lacking in size, fullness, etc.; scanty: a skimpy hem; a skimpy dinner.
• sparse — thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
• subpar — below an average, usual, or normal level, quality, or the like; below par: This month his performance has been subpar.
• trivial — of very little importance or value; insignificant: Don't bother me with trivial matters.
• valueless — without worth or value; worthless: valueless stocks; a valueless promise.
• worthless — without worth; of no use, importance, or value; good-for-nothing: a worthless person; a worthless contract.
• narrow — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
• penny-pinching — a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person.
• skinflint — a mean, niggardly person; miser.
• chintzy — Something that is chintzy is decorated or covered with chintz.
• closefisted — stingy
• illiberal — narrowminded; bigoted.
• mingy — mean and stingy; niggardly.
• penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
• tight-fisted — parsimonious; stingy; tight.
• cost-effective — Something that is cost-effective saves or makes a lot of money in comparison with the costs involved.
• efficient — (esp. of a system or machine) Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.
• practical — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
• prudent — wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
• avaricious — An avaricious person is very greedy for money or possessions.
• canny — A canny person is clever and able to think quickly. You can also describe a person's behaviour as canny.
• chary — If you are chary of doing something, you are fairly cautious about doing it.