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PARSIMONIOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does parsimonious mean?
• PARSIMONIOUS (adjective)
The adjective PARSIMONIOUS has 1 sense:
1. excessively unwilling to spend
Familiarity information: PARSIMONIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Excessively unwilling to spend
Synonyms:
parsimonious; penurious
Context example:
lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence
Similar:
stingy; ungenerous (unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.))
Derivation:
parsimoniousness (extreme stinginess)
parsimoniousness (extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily)
parsimony (extreme stinginess)
parsimony (extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily)
Context examples
Why should I be parsimonious with this life which is cheap and without value?
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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