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parsimonious

/ˌpɑːsɪˈməʊniəs/adjective

उच्चारण पार्सिमोनिअस

कंजूस, अति मितव्ययी, पैसा खर्च करने से कतराने वाला

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adjective
  1. 1

    formal, disapproving

    extremely unwilling to spend money

    कंजूस, अति मितव्ययी, पैसा खर्च करने से कतराने वाला

    • The parsimonious landlord would not even repair the leaking roof.
    • a parsimonious budget for education
    • The parsimonious owner refused to give his workers a Diwali bonus.
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    • Be generous with praise but parsimonious with excuses, the old teacher advised.
    • She was parsimonious with sugar and used it only on special days.

    Synonyms stingy miserly mean

    Opposite generous lavish extravagant

◇Word family
parsimony nounparsimoniously adv.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

par·si·mo·ni·ous

With -monious.

अंत में -monious।

§Grammar and usage

The noun is parsimony.

Parsimonious (अत्यधिक कंजूस) एक adjective है, और इसका noun parsimony है, जिसका अर्थ है कंजूसी।