Parsimonious

No less impressive was Nintendo's remarkable ability to extend the format's life by offering conservative -- one might even say "parsimonious" -- upgrades. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At no point in their history had the Dreevers been what one might call a parsimonious family. ❋ Unknown (1928)

He could hardly be called parsimonious, but, like most men who have successfully fought their own way through life, he was rather fond of authority, and little disposed to divest himself of his wealth until he should have no further occasion for it. ❋ John Charles Dent (1864)

They write that the most "parsimonious" explanation of the results rests on "a few fundamental factors." ❋ E.J. Dionne (2010)

The Globe and Mail describes the new federal budget as "parsimonious," but the Liberals won't vote against it: ❋ Unknown (2008)

Once that came out, people should have backed off, and maybe Mr. Howard the next time around would use the word "parsimonious" instead of "niggardly," knowing that there might be someone close by who might get the wrong impression of the word he was using. ❋ Unknown (2002)

This latter approach would certainly be the most natural, parsimonious, and inexpensive approach to controlling H. pylori and all of the health problems it helps create. ❋ M.D. Scott Mendelson (2011)

Both philosophically and psycho-therapeutically, it is more reasonable and parsimonious to view a patient with "Multiple Personalities", as having a single, very dysfunctional personality. ❋ M.D. Scott Mendelson (2011)

But if Bachmann is considering a serious bid, she'll start with a handicap: Though the Minnesota firebrand has a phenomenal ability to raise money from the Tea Party base, she has been fairly parsimonious with it. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

The rights guaranteed by the American Constitution are parsimonious by international standards, and they are frozen in amber. ❋ Clay Waters (2012)

But as proved by the retrospective of her photographs, sculptures and paintings now occupying the Whitney Museum's third floor, her entire parsimonious output of roughly 35 works over the last 30 years has been devoted to elegant retellings of this same dumb joke. ❋ Richard B. Woodward (2011)

Yet we are parsimonious givers when it comes to the collection basket. ❋ Unknown (2009)

British reports paraphrased by Mr. Lochery note that he had "the shrewdness and parsimonious habits of the peasant" and "the cold detached outlook of the scholastic churchman" but was also the most "physically beautiful of all the European dictators." ❋ Robert Wilson (2011)

The MTA's troubles mirror those of transit systems and highway operators around the country, which are trying to figure out how to repair aging infrastructure in the face of high debt and increasingly parsimonious state and federal governments. ❋ Andrew Grossman (2011)

That doesn't mean reducing public spending—spending will increase roughly in line with inflation—and the pre-Cameron government spending levels weren't exactly parsimonious. ❋ Unknown (2011)

These requirements vary across different scientific fields of knowledge, but in general theories are expected to be functional and parsimonious: i.e. a theory should be the simplest possible tool that can be used to effectively address the given class of phenomena. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Jack was very parsimonious, he always wanted to buy that [souvenir], but [everytime] we passed by [the shop], he would always decide not to. ❋ Brandon Vo (2006)

[Vanguard] must spend a lot of money on [printing] and [mailing] its statements, because of the extra paper involved. Undoubtedly, that was a tough decision for the company, which is known for its parsimony ❋ Sug-almighty (2005)

1) the teacher was very [parsimonious] and did not let the student use her supplies in fear of not having enough, and needing to buy more before his/her [paycheck] Chad was [Parsimonious] when it came to his candy and when kids asked for some [skittles] he gave them one, just 1 ❋ Serious Joker (2014)

"Your [hypothesis] for insert phenomena, i.e.gravitational effects derived from atomic warp of spacetime was fine until you added entity to it, we have no evidence for that, you're just making stuff up, we observed the electromagnetic fluctuation before in [CERN], why do you need to make it more complex, just do the math and see if it works, trust me it seems accurate [enough already]. Just apply the Principle of parsimony!" ❋ Yared Scott (2015)

[Suzy] is such a parsimonier, asking question after question to try and help us figure out how to make things as [straightforward] as possible. I guess it's [efficient], but it can be a ton of questions. ❋ Stoolie (2014)

That ungrateful [parsimonious] piece of crap couldn't afford to help with [our mom's] funeral but she can afford to get her hair and nails done but she'll be first in line to receive her [inheritance]. ❋ Yaunti (2018)

[I say] [old chap] that parser you wrote has the parsimony [property]. ❋ Neer Do Well (2023)