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What is "parsimony" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does parsimony mean in English? Meaning of parsimony definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "parsimony" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "parsimony": extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

Noun

  • Meaning: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
  • Synonyms: parsimoniousness parsimony penny-pinching thrift
  • Hypernyms: frugality frugalness

    • Meaning of "parsimony": extreme stinginess

    Noun

  • Meaning: extreme stinginess
  • Synonyms: closeness meanness minginess niggardliness niggardness parsimoniousness parsimony tightfistedness tightness
  • Hyponyms: littleness miserliness pettiness smallness
  • Hypernyms: stinginess

    • Synonyms:

    frugality, meanness, providence, selfishness, niggardliness, miserliness,

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