Parsimony

Quick meaning: Parsimony is a noun meaning Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.

Meaning

Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) The quality or characteristic of using the fewest resources or explanations to solve a problem.

Example Sentences

If mere parsimony could have made a man rich, Sir Pitt Crawley might have become very wealthy […]

Near-synonyms: (usually admirable) frugality, economy, thrift, thriftiness; (excessive degree) tightness, stinginess; (extreme degree) miserliness; see also Thesaurus:frugal, Thesaurus:stingy

We used three search heuristics, Bayesian inference, maximum likelihood, and maximum parsimony, to construct phylogenies from unique COI haplotypes and used default parameters for analyses unless otherwise noted.

THE WATERFORD & TRAMORE RAILWAY. By H. Fayle and A. T. Newham. David & Charles. 12s 6d. [...] Parsimony was responsible for low wages: at the turn of the century the Secretary & Manager was receiving £175 a year and the Locomotive Superintendent slightly less.

Word Forms

• parsimonies

Synonyms for parsimony

Depending on context, synonyms include frugality, economy, thrift, thriftiness, tightness, stinginess.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include thrift, parsimoniousness, penny-pinching, tightfistedness, meanness, tightness.

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