Definizione monolingua

parsimonious

parsimonious (comparative more parsimonious, superlative most parsimonious)

1. Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.
2. Using a minimal number of assumptions, steps, or conjectures.
   • 1898, William Graham Sumner, “The Conquest of the United States by Spain”, in War and Other Essays, Yale, published 1911, page 333:

     Our fathers would have an economical government, even if grand people called it a parsimonious one, and taxes should be no greater than were absolutely necessary to pay for such a government.

   • Kiplingers Personal Finance, January 2002

     The first three college-savings plans stand out for their parsimonious expenses...

     Statistical methods offer the ability to enforce parsimonious selection of the most influential potential predictors of each genes state.

Definizione dizionario parsimonious

	avaro
	Eccessivamente reticente a spendere.
	Excessively unwilling to spend.

	parsimonioso
	Eccessivamente reticente a spendere.
	Excessively unwilling to spend.

	tirato
	Eccessivamente reticente a spendere.
	Excessively unwilling to spend.

gretto

tirchio

Altri significati:

Using a minimal number of assumptions, steps, or conjectures.

Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.