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PARSIMONIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Excessively unwilling to spend
Example:
lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence
Synonyms:
parsimonious; penurious
Classified under:
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)
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