Definition of Parsimonious in English :

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Parsimonious meaning in English

Meaning of Parsimonious in English

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Parsimonious pronunciation in English

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Parsimonious

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Adjective

1. parsimonious, penurious

excessively unwilling to spend

Example Sentences:
'parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses'
'lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Parsimonious

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adjective
characterized by parsimony; miserly; close

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Parsimonious

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adj.
1. Excessively sparing or frugal.
2. Accounting for observed data with a relatively simple explanation: The physicist argued that her new theory was more parsimonious than the standard model.

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