Sentence examples similar to stingy behavior from inspiring English sources
The quantitative difference between stingy and fair behavior is just the same as between fair and generous behavior: $5 less for the allocator, and $5 more for the responder.
Bundy justifies his stingy and illegal behavior with a variety of claims.
Taken from the Chinese dialect Hokkien, kiasu translates to a fear of losing out, but encompasses any sort of competitive, stingy or selfish behavior commonly witnessed in this highflying city-state.
We now turn to possible interpretations and implications of our findings, focusing on two issues in particular: (1) the distinction between the "intention effect" and "control effect" on Player 2 responses, and (2) responses to stingy versus fair behaviors, as compared to generous versus fair behaviors.
Thus, subjects were significantly more sensitive to stingy outcomes when behaviors were performed under partial control (in the trembling hand condition) compared to when behaviors were performed without control (in the no control condition).
But this parsimonious behavior meant that peers viewed him as insufferably stingy and a traitor to his community.
You don't need to be stingy, but make sure your pet earns them, and don't ever reward bad behavior.
