Parsimonious is a related term of grudging.
As adjectives the difference between parsimonious and grudging
is that
parsimonious is exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy while
grudging is unwilling or with reluctance.
As a verb grudging is
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As a noun grudging is
the state of bearing a grudge.
parsimonious English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.
Using a minimal number of assumptions, steps, or conjectures.
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* Kiplinger's 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 gene's state.
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grudging English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Unwilling or with reluctance.
- her grudging acceptance that her rival deserved the award
Derived terms
* grudgingly
Related terms
* grudge
* grudger
Verb
(head)
Noun
( en noun)
The state of bearing a grudge.
* 1806 , Matthew Henry, An Exposition of All the Books of the Old and New Testaments
- Fretfulness and discontent expose us to the just judgment of God; and we bring more calamities upon ourselves, by our murmuring, distrustful, envious groans and grudgings against one another, than we are aware of
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