parsimonious
adj/pɑː.sɪˈməʊ.ni.əs/UK/pɑɹ.sɪˈmoʊ.ni.əs/US
Etymology
From parsimony + -ious.
- derived from parsimōnia
- derived from parsimonie
- inherited from parcimonie
Definitions
Exhibiting parsimony
Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in the expenditure of money; frugal, possibly to excess.
- He was regular in his habits, parsimonious, and industrious; but he lacked all talent needed at the bar—he had neither address, nor eloquence, nor ingenuity.
- 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.
- The first three college-savings plans stand out for their parsimonious expenses […]
Using a minimal number of assumptions, steps, or conjectures.
- Statistical methods offer the ability to enforce parsimonious selection of the most influential potential predictors of each gene's state.
Not conceding many goals.
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No curated loop yet for parsimonious. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA