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.

Adjective

(er)

Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.

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Prone to overeat.

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