grudging

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But I've gradually gone from being a big fan of theirs to a grudging captive.

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Quick take

of especially an attitude; "gave grudging consent"; "grudging acceptance of his opponent's victory"

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

of especially an attitude; "gave grudging consent"; "grudging acceptance of his opponent's victory"

adjective

petty or reluctant in giving or spending; "a niggardly tip"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for grudging.

adjective

of especially an attitude; "gave grudging consent"; "grudging acceptance of his opponent's victory"

adjective

petty or reluctant in giving or spending; "a niggardly tip"

Example sentences

But I've gradually gone from being a big fan of theirs to a grudging captive.

Direct refusal to do as they're told, not grudging half-compliance.

Most of the time, it seems to me like it appeals to the people who read it as "Ask grudging resignation, not permission".

But, you have to admit a grudging admiration of our ability to procrastinate and not have the whole thing collapse around us in the meantime.

Alas, I've never experienced any delight with Facebook; at best, I've managed grudging tolerance.

Had an account with them back around then because their site made them seem technically proficient, but dealing with their customer service was like dealing with bad sys admins - grudging help and lazy.

This was much noticed in the community because Clinton's AW ban was the first piece of Federal anti-gun legislation that passed without the NRA's approval, however grudging.

I can grudging overlook a lot of it being in Excel rather than some more portable data format like CSV, but much of it is even inside PDFs rather than available in a tabular format.

Sounds also like there is some grudging that you have to commute...The question is, if a company is able to pull off 'remotes' do you think this is a competitive advantage since coordinating this seems to be so hard for some companies?

90% of it was hand waving that could be boiled down to a grudging acceptance that demand exceeds supply, and drives up rents, and the remaing 10% was wishful thinking about how to change reality so that rents would somehow dip below market-clearing rates.