Random word

Parsimonious is an English word with synonyms like penurious or stingy. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

Rare word

Parsimonious in a sentence

Parsimonious meaning

  1. Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in the expenditure of money; frugal, possibly to excess.
  2. Using a minimal number of assumptions, steps, or conjectures.
  3. Not conceding many goals.

Synonyms of Parsimonious

penurious stingy ungenerous

Related words

Other words often associated with Parsimonious or its synonyms:

cheap near chintzy beggarly skinny close mean grudging penniless generous poor tightfisted

Using Parsimonious

  • The main meaning on this page is: Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in the expenditure of money; frugal, possibly to excess. | Using a minimal number of assumptions, steps, or conjectures. | Not conceding many goals.
  • Useful related words include: penurious, stingy, ungenerous.
  • In the example corpus, parsimonious often appears in combinations such as: more parsimonious, parsimonious in.

Context around Parsimonious

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

relatively 1×

Often after:

explanation 1× abstraction 1× basis 1× cladogram 1× character 1× containing 1×

Sentence patterns with Parsimonious

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a more parsimonious explanation 1× a most parsimonious cladogram 1× avaricious and parsimonious character of 1× been relatively parsimonious in using 1× being more parsimonious in defence 1× find a parsimonious basis for 1× have a parsimonious abstraction layer 1× not more parsimonious than other 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although murray felt 1× and for someone 1× apple s response 1× ford sells a 1× he seeks to 1× however homoplasy is 1×

Common sentence endings:

brain can grok 1× choice at all 1× everyone could accept 1× fewest evolutionary changes 1× his amorphous message 1× in using it 1×

Words around Parsimonious

Just before it in the word index:

parsifal 43 parsi 43 parshvanatha 2 parshurama 2 parshuram 4 parshottam 5

Just after it in the word index:

parsimony 27 parsing 109 parsis 26 parsley 155 parslow 4 parsnip 17

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadi 15 aakash 15 aayush 15 abcs 15 aberdonian 15 abhi 15

Corpus analysis for Parsimonious

  • In this selection, "parsimonious" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, relatively, explanation, abstraction and basis stand out and add context to how "parsimonious" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a more parsimonious explanation and a most parsimonious cladogram. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "parsimonious" sits close to words such as aadi, aakash and aayush, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with parsimonious

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Apple's response was parsimonious with the truth. (8 words)

In spite of his appreciation of this beautiful thing, Trump has been relatively parsimonious in using it. (17 words)

Although Murray felt the brickbats were largely undeserved, Rovers have clearly worked on being more parsimonious in defence. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

However, homoplasy is often not evident from inspection of the character itself (as in DNA sequence, for example), and is then detected by its incongruence (unparsimonious distribution) on a most-parsimonious cladogram. (32 words)

Story's register still exists and according to the 19th century historian W.R.W Stephens "affords some illustrations of the avaricious and parsimonious character of the king". (28 words)

While it is difficult to determine if a parasite-host switch occurred in evolutionary history, this explanation is the most parsimonious (containing the fewest evolutionary changes). (26 words)

Question examples

Do we have to invoke anthropogenic CO as has been widely done, or is there a more parsimonious explanation? (19 words)

Example sentences (12)

And for someone so parsimonious as to be offensive, he needed funds and a certain gregariousness to concretise and amplify his amorphous message.

Although Murray felt the brickbats were largely undeserved, Rovers have clearly worked on being more parsimonious in defence.

Do we have to invoke anthropogenic CO as has been widely done, or is there a more parsimonious explanation?

In spite of his appreciation of this beautiful thing, Trump has been relatively parsimonious in using it.

Apple's response was parsimonious with the truth.

Or at least I should say it presupposes all complex phenomena have a parsimonious abstraction layer a human brain can grok.

Ford sells a parsimonious 3-cylinder turbo Focus, and for commuters who value fuel economy ratings, it’s not a bad choice at all.

He seeks to find a parsimonious basis for a moral beginning for society, a kind of natural law that everyone could accept.

Advertentie

However, homoplasy is often not evident from inspection of the character itself (as in DNA sequence, for example), and is then detected by its incongruence (unparsimonious distribution) on a most-parsimonious cladogram.

Sober, E., & Wilson, D. S. (1999) Opponents have argued that psychological egoism is not more parsimonious than other theories.

Story's register still exists and according to the 19th century historian W.R.W Stephens "affords some illustrations of the avaricious and parsimonious character of the king".

While it is difficult to determine if a parasite-host switch occurred in evolutionary history, this explanation is the most parsimonious (containing the fewest evolutionary changes).

Advertentie

Common combinations with parsimonious

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "parsimonious" in a sentence?
An example: "And for someone so parsimonious as to be offensive, he needed funds and a certain gregariousness to concretise and amplify his amorphous message." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "parsimonious" from authentic English texts.
What does "parsimonious" mean?
Parsimonious means: Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in the expenditure of money; frugal, possibly to excess.
What are synonyms of "parsimonious"?
Common synonyms of "parsimonious" include: penurious, stingy, ungenerous.
How many example sentences with "parsimonious" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "parsimonious", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.