Slim vs Stinted - What's the difference?
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Slender, thin.
# (of a person or a person's build) Slender in an attractive way.
# (by extension, of clothing) Designed to make the wearer appear slim.
# (of an object) Long and narrow.
# (of a workforce) Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient.
(of something abstract like a chance or margin) Very small, tiny.
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(South Africa) Sly, crafty.
A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.
(East Africa) AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages.
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(slang, uncountable) Cocaine.
To lose weight in order to achieve slimness
(dated) Constrained; restrained; confined.
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As adjectives the difference between slim and stinted
is that slim is slender, thin while stinted is constrained; restrained; confined.As verbs the difference between slim and stinted
is that slim is to lose weight in order to achieve slimness while stinted is past tense of stint.As a noun slim
is a type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.slim
English
Adjective
(slimmer)- Movie stars are usually slim , attractive, and young.
- I'm afraid your chances are quite slim .
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Synonyms
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(en noun)- I only smoke slims .
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Alternative forms
* (AIDS) SlimVerb
Anagrams
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English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Neither Mr Toots nor Mr Feeder could partake of this or any other snuff, even in the most stinted and moderate degree, without being seized with convulsions of sneezing.
- Mr. Home himself offered me a handsome sum—thrice my present salary—if I would accept the office of companion to his daughter. I declined. I think I should have declined had I been poorer than I was, and with scantier fund of resource, more stinted narrowness of future prospect.
- Nevertheless, he has always had to pay higher rents than even these for the poorest and most stinted rooms.
