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imparsimonious en · ADJ

Etymology

From im- + parsimonious.

Meanings

1. Not parsimonious.
   • While this model has some attractive features, it seems to me to give an account of the semantic-congruity effect that is, at the least, terribly imparsimonious. 1977, William P. Banks, “Encoding and Processing of Symbolic Information in Comparative Judgments”, in Gordon H. Bower, editor, The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, volume 11, Academic Press, →LCCN, section IV (Semantic-Coding Model), page 149:
   • This does not mean, however, that entirely new characters evolved each time the environment changed and placed new adaptive demands on the human organism—this would be extremely imparsimonious and inefficient. 1987, Kent Bailey, “The Paleopsychology of Pathological Processes”, in Human Paleopsychology: Applications To Aggression and Patholoqical Processes, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., section “Definitions and Theory”, page 426:
   • On the evidence stated, it would seem imparsimonious to postulate such enduring continuants as psychoids. 1966, Paul E[verett] Meehl, “The Compleat^([sic]) Autocerebroscopist: A Thought-Experiment on Professor Feigl’s Mind-Body Identity Thesis”, in Paul K[arl] Feyerabend, Grover Maxwell, editors, Mind, Matter, and Method: Essays in Philosophy and Science in Honor of Herbert Feigl, Minneapolis, Minn.: University of Minnesota Press, →LCCN, page 124:

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Synonyms

nonparsimonious · unparsimonious