as in miserly
giving or sharing as little as possible
a parsimonious woman who insists that charity begins—and ends—at home
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Recent Examples of parsimonious
California voters acted with urgency, but implementation efforts have been met with petulance and parsimonious budgetary support that is barely one fourth of what is needed.
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Steve Smith, Oc Register, 18 Nov. 2025
For Barrett, being parsimonious about declaring that a right is fundamental serves the important purpose of preventing courts from overstepping their constitutional role and imposing their policy views on the country.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2025
Chelsea are famously parsimonious in the transfer market, after all.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
The previous generation was a ‘tweener, with a parsimonious rear seat and cargo compartment.
—Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Steve Smith, Oc Register, 18 Nov. 2025
For Barrett, being parsimonious about declaring that a right is fundamental serves the important purpose of preventing courts from overstepping their constitutional role and imposing their policy views on the country.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2025
Chelsea are famously parsimonious in the transfer market, after all.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
The previous generation was a ‘tweener, with a parsimonious rear seat and cargo compartment.
—Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parsimonious
Adjective
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Como had been neck-and-neck with Roma’s miserly backline before shipping four at Inter last Saturday, a chastening defeat that ended an unbeaten run stretching back to the end of August.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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In this version, miserly Madame Eleanor is visited by the ghost former business partner Jacob Marley as well as a few other apparitions.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
26 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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While she and his working mom (Sarah Snook) are initially seen as culprits, the boy’s selfish father (Jake Lacy, who played similar roles in the dire Moriarty adaptation Apples Never Fall and The White Lotus) turns out to be the guiltiest party of all.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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Guys are being selfish, trying to look for their own shots instead of looking for the right shot for the team.—
Tim Reynolds,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Their false claims about getting financially fleeced by Uncle Sam were fueled by a rather sophisticated, albeit deceitful and shameful lobbying campaign, sponsored by greedy gadflies out to make a quick buck.—
Tom Margenau,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
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And might the rich get greedy with even Detroit, the best team in the East, entering the bidding war?—
Greg Cote
January 30,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Every year, a complacent, tightfisted city council turned down the recommendations.—
Margaret Talbot,
The New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2023
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Kotick played the tightfisted owner of the Oakland A’s.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
31 May 2023
Adjective
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End-to-end humanoid control Figure claims Helix 02 demonstrates a major step forward in humanoid autonomy by performing continuous, multi-minute tasks that require tight integration of locomotion, dexterity, and sensing.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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Metals from copper to aluminum have powered higher in the opening weeks of 2026, as global investors pile into industrial commodities in bets on tighter supply, a weaker US dollar, and Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The complaint that the Grammys are disrespectfully stingy with which awards get shown during the main event — this was the sticking point in a hip-hop artist boycott in 1989 — will probably hold true of achievements in dozens of genres tucked away in the pre-show.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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But Blackwood was also sharp in net when needed, and the Avs were pretty stingy themselves away from the puck.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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There’s an ungenerous and shallow way to look at this film as little more than a highlight reel of Hammer’s work, a paltry substitute for actually spending meaningful time with the work itself.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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Stars and billionaires are calling out the super-rich for being ungenerous As the world mints hundreds of thousands of millionaires yearly and billionaire wealth soars to record highs, some leaders can’t stand to stay quiet.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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There’s a cast of wanderers, visionaries, and itinerants, the self-educated and self-published, a long lineage of cranks and outcasts, mostly penurious, always opinionated, stretching away into the mists of pseudohistory.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Then the usually penurious Indians suddenly splurged.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes.com,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Parsimonious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parsimonious. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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