SKIMPED (ON) Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

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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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

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Those periods were when the United States government promoted it as an inexpensive, high-protein substitute for meat that the government conserved for soldiers.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
Why would a trait this useful, conserved for 3 billion years, vanish in a few thousand generations?

— Canan Karakoç, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026

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The outcome also preserved the status quo in Kansas City, with Cleaver again heading to Washington buffered by two Republican districts.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2026
The town square is speckled with Southern Colonial Revival and neoclassical homes that have been beautifully preserved.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026

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