- parsimoniousness
- noun1. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily• Syn: ↑parsimony, ↑thrift, ↑penny-pinching• Derivationally related forms: ↑penny-pinching (for: ↑penny-pinching), ↑thrifty (for: ↑thrift), ↑parsimonious, ↑parsimonious (for: ↑parsimony)• Hypernyms: ↑frugality, ↑frugalness2. extreme stinginess• Syn:↑meanness, ↑minginess, ↑niggardliness, ↑niggardness, ↑parsimony, ↑tightness, ↑tightfistedness, ↑closeness• Derivationally related forms:↑close (for: ↑closeness), ↑tightfisted (for: ↑tightfistedness), ↑tight (for: ↑tightness), ↑parsimonious, ↑parsimonious (for: ↑parsimony), ↑niggardly (for: ↑niggardliness), ↑mingy (for: ↑minginess), ↑mean (for: ↑meanness)• Hypernyms: ↑stinginess• Hyponyms: ↑pettiness, ↑littleness, ↑smallness, ↑miserliness
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noun (-es): the quality or state of being parsimonious* * *
parsimōˈniousness noun• • •Main Entry: ↑parsimony
Useful english dictionary. 2012.