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Parsimoniousness

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The state or condition of being parsimonious.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality of being parsimonious; extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.

n. An extreme stinginess.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The state or character of being parsimonious, sparing, or stinting.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

n. extreme stinginess

Word Usage

"The subsequent "New Chapter" and the Future Capabilities reforms were undermined by the military's unexpectedly high operational tempo and the Treasury's parsimoniousness."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

frugality frugalness

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

parsimony thrift penny-pinching meanness minginess