as in saved
to avoid unnecessary waste or expense
had to scrimp and save for years in order to be able to afford a house
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Recent Examples of scrimped
The power went out intermittently, and families scrimped to get enough food.
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Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrimped
Verb
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Experience might have saved him from this episode.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, the fact that 20 hostages' lives that were saved must be celebrated, Alter said.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Thank God we’ve been spared from the timeline where Annie and Nick get married and post unconvincingly cheery Christian couple content for the rest of their lives.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
15 Oct. 2025
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Staffers spent the weekend trading calls and texts, trying to piece together who had been axed, who had been spared, and, most puzzling, why.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Scrimped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrimped. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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