adj
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
n
(economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.
n
The realm or state of beggars.
n
The condition of being a beggar.
adj
(by extension) inadequate or meagre.
adj
(obsolete) costly; expensive
n
The characteristic of being costly.
adj
Marked by dearth; exhibiting scarcity, paucity, or lack.
n
(archaic) Greediness; voracity; rapacity.
n
The quality of being meagre or scanty.
n
The quality of being expenseful.
n
The state of being greedy; greed.
adj
(obsolete) Easy to perceive.
n
The quality of being covetous or niggardly.
adj
Characterized by libration.
adj
(rare) Tending to list or lean.
n
(archaic) The state of being lowly; meekness; humility.
n
The property of being low.
n
(Britain) The state of being meagre.
n
The condition of being a miser.
n
The condition of being a miser.
n
The property of being miserly.
n
(obsolete) Niggardliness.
n
(obsolete) Niggardliness.
n
(obsolete) Niggardliness; stinginess.
n
(UK, slang, dated) The quality of being wealthy.
n
The state or condition of being parsimonious.
n
(by extension) The quality or characteristic of using the fewest resources or explanations to solve a problem.
n
Fewness in number; too few.
n
The quality of being penurious.
n
(rare) The quality of being prodigal; prodigality.
n
(countable) Careless wastefulness.
adj
Basic; minimal; with less than, or only the minimum, necessary.
adj
(archaic) slight; thin; lean; poor
n
Weight that is less than that declared or less than one is charged for.
n
The quality of being a skinflint.
adj
(obsolete) Abstemious; Lacking in appetite or vitality.
n
(countable, rare) The result or product of being spare.
n
The property of being sparing.
n
(countable, rare) The result or product of being sparse.
n
A scarcity of money or credit.
n
The property of being thirsty; thirst.
adj
(rare) Not paltry; substantial; generous.
n
Alternative form of wastry [(Scotland, Northern England) Extravagance, wastefulness.]
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