stinted

1. (dated) Constrained; restrained; confined.Examples: "Neither Mr. Toots nor Mr. Feeder could partake of this or any other snuff, even in the most stinted and moderate degree, without being seized with convulsions of sneezing."; "Mr. Home himself offered me a handsome sum—thrice my present salary—if I would accept the office of companion to his daughter. I declined. I think I should have declined had I been poorer than I was, and with scantier fund of resource, more stinted narrowness of future prospect."; "Nevertheless, he has always had to pay higher rents than even these for the poorest and most stinted rooms."