Total lack of generosity with money
English: miserliness
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kedekutBahasa Indonesia
mean, tight, avarice, avariciousness, beggarly
Rare
#61,825 of the corpus · 0.3 per million words · 1,141 occurrences
From dekut (ke-) · rare, #284,066
Noun
Extreme greed for material wealth
English: avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity
Bahasa: keserakahan, ketamakan, kerakusan, kelobaan
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A stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)
English: miser
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Adjective
Unwilling to spend
English: stingy, ungenerous
Bahasa: pelit, kikir, bakhil, lokek, medit, cekel, singkat tangan, tangkai kering
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Petty or reluctant in giving or spending
English: grudging, niggardly, scrimy
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(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
English: mean, mingy, miserly, tight
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Adverb
In an attentive manner
English: close, closely, tight
Bahasa: ketat
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