par·si·mo·ni·ous

(pär′sə-mō′nē-əs)

adj.

1. Excessively sparing or frugal.

2. Accounting for observed data with a relatively simple explanation: The physicist argued that her new theory was more parsimonious than the standard model.

par′si·mo′ni·ous·ly adv.

par′si·mo′ni·ous·ness n.

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Noun	1.	parsimoniousness - extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily parsimony, penny-pinching, thrift frugality, frugalness - prudence in avoiding waste
	2.	parsimoniousness - extreme stinginess minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, tightfistedness, meanness, parsimony, closeness, tightness stinginess - a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money littleness, pettiness, smallness - lack of generosity in trifling matters miserliness - total lack of generosity with money

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