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FRUGALNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does frugalness mean?
• FRUGALNESS (noun)
The noun FRUGALNESS has 1 sense:
1. prudence in avoiding waste
Familiarity information: FRUGALNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prudence in avoiding waste
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
frugality; frugalness
Hypernyms ("frugalness" is a kind of...):
prudence (discretion in practical affairs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "frugalness"):
parsimoniousness; parsimony; penny-pinching; thrift (extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily)
economy; thriftiness (frugality in the expenditure of money or resources)
Derivation:
frugal (avoiding waste)
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