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avoiding excess or waste in expenditure or consumption, and only using what is necessary
- The team operated with parsimony, requesting only essential equipment and personnel.
- Out of parsimony, she bought only what was on sale and assembled meals from staples.
- The monk practiced parsimony through minimal material belongings and an ascetic lifestyle.
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an excessive or pathological unwillingness to spend
- Her extreme parsimony in never treating friends or paying for shared activities began to damage relationships.
- Critics said the celebrity practiced "parsimony" by never tipping servers or valets, even though wealthier than most.
- He prided himself on parsimony but took it to a fault, refusing necessary home repairs that endangered his family's safety.