Sentence example with the word 'parsimony'

parsimony

austerity, chariness, exiguity, frugalness, leanness, narrowness, prudence, scrawniness, slim pickings, stinginess, unwastefulness

Definition n. extreme care in spending money

Last update: September 13, 2015


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Parsimony prevents man to spend money carelessly.   [noun]

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This ill-timed parsimony reacted injuriously upon Polish politics.   [noun]

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Parsimony did not accord with the generosity and lofty nature of an Antony, yet avarice itself would not deem the portion still remaining insignificant.   [noun]

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They accuse the divine Providence of a certain parsimony.   [Please select]

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Let no unwise parsimony, on our part, withhold them from her.   [Please select]

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Let no unwise parsimony on our part withhold them from her.   [Please select]

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Though Aristotle wrote in a methodical manner, his writings exhibit great parsimony of language.   [Please select]

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Berkeleyan idealism is abandoning the principle of parsimony and dabbling in panpsychic speculations.   [Please select]

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He had been saving to parsimony, and he had been prosperous.   [Please select]

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It would be idle to think that this was due simply to parsimony.   [Please select]

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The determination to limit still further the power of the executive was at the bottom of this fatal parsimony, with the inevitable consequence that, while the king and the senate were powerless, every great noble or lord-marcher was free to do what he chose in his own domains, so long as he flattered his "little brothers," the szlachta.   [Please select]

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