Translations for „penny-pinching“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

I . penny-pinching N no pl

penny-pinching

skąpstwo nt

II . penny-pinching ADJ

penny-pinching

skąpy

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Her reply revealed that three of them were spinners, one generously allocated to each division of the supposedly penny-pinching transport company.

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Even with the city's signature public buildings, penny-pinching has tended to win out over ambition in recent decades.

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The penny-pinching atmosphere of the 1930s produced hypercautious commanders and defective torpedoes.

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Maybe they observed the struggle you had bringing them up and it triggered penny-pinching tendencies.

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My generation has muddled along in the middle, spared tuition fees but looking forward to a penny-pinching retirement.

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She's loath to reduce human life to a dollar figure, but willing to make the argument if it motivates penny-pinching politicians to support safer streets.

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For example, high-margin, premium-product companies that serve wealthy customers do not belong in businesses where penny-pinching is a source of great pride and celebrated behavior.

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One of the appeals of mobile-app games is that developers often make "lite" versions available for free, and this penny-pinching extends to hardware.

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She was surrounded by well-meaning nurses who themselves tried to fight the good fight against self-absorbed docs and penny-pinching hospital policies.

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It's also likely that the deciding factor was simple penny-pinching.

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