parsimoniousness
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par·si·mo·ni·ous
(pär′sə-mō′nē-əs)adj.
1. Excessively sparing or frugal.
2. Accounting for observed data with a relatively simple explanation: The physicist argued that her new theory was more parsimonious than the standard model.
par′si·mo′ni·ous·ly adv.
par′si·mo′ni·ous·ness n.
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Noun | 1. | parsimoniousness - extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily frugality, frugalness - prudence in avoiding waste |
2. | parsimoniousness - extreme stinginess stinginess - a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money miserliness - total lack of generosity with money |
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