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parsimony(noun) Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily. Synonyms: penny-pinching, thriftUsage: Due to the parsimony of the local council, only one bench was installed in the new park.
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The principle of diagnostic parsimony (c.f. Occam’s Razor) proposes that simple explanations for medical conditions are exhausted before complex and unusual treatments are attempted.
– The judgment of the Honourable Mr Justice Peter Jackson, A Local Authority v A Mother & Ors [2012] EWHC 2969 (Fam) (26 October 2012)
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Parsimony sentence examples:-This ill-timed parsimony reacted injuriously upon Polish politics.
-Parsimony is the source of the increase of capital; by augmenting the fund devoted to the maintenance of productive hands, it puts in motion an additional quantity of industry, which adds to the value of the annual produce.
- Having got such a mind, we may next inquire whether, on the principle of parsimony, it will not account for more; perhaps for everything in nature!https://sentence.yourdictionary.com/parsimony
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