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sparing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈspɛəɹɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. Prudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal.

Forms

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most sparing Degree=Sup lexicographic
more sparing Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

sparingness · oversparing · unsparing · nonsparing · sparingly

Synonyms

cheap · sparing · parsimonious · close with a buck · penny-pinching · chary · husbandly · spary · tightwad · canny · economical · thrifty · tight · prudent · frugal · provident · huswifely · moderate · abstemious · spareful · economic

Translations (9)

bg пестелив (prudent and restrained in the use of resources) · es parco (prudent and restrained in the use of resources) · cs šetřící (prudent and restrained in the use of resources) · la parcus (prudent and restrained in the use of resources) · bg икономичен (prudent and restrained in the use of resources) · pl oszczędny (prudent and restrained in the use of resources) · es frugal (prudent and restrained in the use of resources) · cs šetrný (prudent and restrained in the use of resources) · cs střídmý (prudent and restrained in the use of resources)

sparing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈspɛəɹɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. The act by which something or someone is spared.
    • The sparings of my frugality have, however, in a sufficient degree, augmented my originally scanty patrimony; […] 1830, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), The Manners of the Day, volume 2, page 322:

Forms

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sparings Number=Plur lexicographic

sparing en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈspɛəɹɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of spare
    form of spare