Examples of parsimony in a Sentence

The charity was surprised by the parsimony of some larger corporations. her parsimony was so extreme that she'd walk five miles to the store to save a few cents on gas

Recent Examples on the Web His record in the Premier League, in particular, in recent years has been built as much on defensive parsimony as attacking threat. — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2022 At the conference this year, delegates from developing countries said this parsimony had undermined their trust in the U.N. process. — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2021 The likely answer is that what’s true today has always been true: parsimony is the surest path to wealth. — John Tamny, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021 Perhaps there is some megolamania in Diller’s act of philanthropy, but philanthropy still serves us better than selfish parsimony or profligate self-indulgence. — Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2021 The speculation about Chinese owner Suning considering selling Inter could be fueling the parsimony. — Rob Harris, Star Tribune, 1 Feb. 2021 Canada’s stance overall was one of government generosity to persons and parsimony to businesses. — Philip Cross, National Review, 12 Aug. 2020 In the battle of the post-war memoirs, Montgomery still blamed him for his parsimony (while admitting to mistakes of his own). — The Economist, 24 May 2018 Consider, for example, the 1947 debut of Christian Dior’s New Look, using yards and yards of fabric to create full calf-length skirts — utterly shocking after the necessary parsimony of wartime. — Lauren Elkin, New York Times, 4 May 2018 See More

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History and Etymology for parsimony

Middle English parcimony, borrowed from Latin parsimōnia, from pars-, perfect stem of parcere "to act sparingly, be thrifty (with), refrain from" (of uncertain origin) + -i- -i- + -mōnia, suffix of abstract nouns (going back to the Indo-European noun-forming suffix *-mĕ̄n-/*mŏ̄n- + the abstract noun formative *-i-)

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