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English and Swedish Search Results for: parsimony

Summary

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parsimony:
- hemsklighet; knussel; sparsamhet; njugghet
Wiktionary:
- parsimony → sparsamhet, snålhet

English

Detailed Translations for parsimony from English to Swedish

parsimony:

parsimony [the ~] nomen

the parsimony (ghastliness; nastyness; horridness)
hemsklighet
- hemsklighet nomen
the parsimony (slenderness; meagreness; scantiness; meagerness)
knussel; sparsamhet; njugghet
- knussel [-ett] nomen
- sparsamhet [-en] nomen
- njugghet [-en] nomen

Translation Matrix for parsimony:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
hemsklighet	ghastliness; horridness; nastyness; parsimony
knussel	meagerness; meagreness; parsimony; scantiness; slenderness
njugghet	meagerness; meagreness; parsimony; scantiness; slenderness	meanness; miserliness; stinginess
sparsamhet	meagerness; meagreness; parsimony; scantiness; slenderness	being economical; frugality; thrift
-	closeness; meanness; minginess; niggardliness; niggardness; parsimoniousness; penny-pinching; thrift; tightfistedness; tightness

Synonyms for "parsimony":

parsimoniousness; thrift; penny-pinching; frugality; frugalness
meanness; minginess; niggardliness; niggardness; tightness; tightfistedness; closeness; stinginess

Related Definitions for "parsimony":

extreme stinginess¹
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily¹

Wiktionary Translations for parsimony:

parsimony

noun

great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
- parsimony → sparsamhet; snålhet

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University