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parsimonious
Meaning: unwilling to spend or give even when doing so is reasonable
parsimonious in a sentence
How parsimonious is used in real sentences:
The parsimonious owner refused to replace the building's broken heater.
Her parsimonious budget denied the library funds for even basic repairs.
“The council had been parsimonious when modest spending might have protected residents, but astonishingly profligate afterward, funding banners that declared the creek safe.”
— from the passage The Case She Carried
“Yet the parish committee was parsimonious about buying fresh metal and ordered him to reuse brittle scraps from an older bell.”
— from the passage The Fault in the Bronze
Synonyms for parsimonious
Other words for parsimonious — stingy, miserly and penurious — carry the same meaning.
- stingy
- miserly
- penurious
Antonyms of parsimonious
Words that mean the opposite of parsimonious:
Where it comes from
From Latin parsimonia, meaning 'thrift or economy.'
Memory hook
PARSI-MONEY-US: parsimonious people hate parting with money.
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