Meaning & use
parsimonious
Extremely unwilling to spend money or use resources; excessively frugal or stingy.
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Despite his enormous wealth, he remained parsimonious, refusing to buy anything he considered unnecessary.
The parsimonious budget left little room for new equipment or additional staff.
A note on using this word
In science and philosophy, parsimonious can also describe an explanation using the fewest possible assumptions, as in the principle of parsimony.
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