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Definition of "niggardness" [nig•gard•ness]

  • Niggardliness (noun)

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Use "niggardness" in a sentence
  • "You will find the extravagances of one day coming to be the niggardness of the next; and feverish anxieties lest you should not succeed in getting this gem, and irritating regrets that you too soon bought that, will divide your tortured soul."
  • "Slavery is the most degrading condition of which he is capable, and he is as often a slave to the niggardness of the earth and the inclemency of heaven, as to a master or an institution."
  • "And the niggardness of Nature makes the misery of man:"