Niggardliness \Nig"gard*li*ness\, n. The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess. Niggardliness is not good husbandry. --Addison.
niggardliness n : extreme stinginess [syn: {meanness}, {minginess}, {niggardness}, {parsimony}, {parsimoniousness}, {tightness}, {tightfistedness}, {closeness}]