skimped (on)

verb

past tense of skimp (on)
as in stinted (on)
to use or give out in stingy amounts I'd like a baked potato, and don't skimp on the sour cream

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  1. spared
  2. conserved
  3. doled out
  4. preserved
Verb
  • Some parents fear being unable to communicate with their children amid ongoing violence, from which children and adolescents are not spared.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The three mountain schools initially up for consideration, Livermore, Stove Prairie and Red Feather Lakes elementary schools, were spared from closure.
    — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of spared
Verb
  • Biologists know the lands on which panthers prefer to roam, and there’s been proven success when that land is conserved and connected.
    — Max Chesnes, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
  • As such, if the clouds manage to pull on each other and spiral into one another, the initial spiraling motion is conserved into the final rotation of the merged cloud, under the law of conservation of angular momentum.
    — Edwin Alexani, The Conversation, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of conserved
Verb
  • Nike Air Force 1 Low will only be doled out in limited numbers at Travis Scott’s discretion.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Now expertise and service are doled out in exchange for relative value units.
    — Stephen Doran, STAT, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of doled out
Verb
  • Today, More than 800 boxes of his archives are preserved at the Briscoe Center at the University of Texas.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Breiter is already scouting other ghost signs in the neighborhood that could be preserved.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of preserved
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“Skimped (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skimped%20%28on%29. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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