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skimp

verb as in be cheap or frugal about

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The final word on shopping for the best toasterA good toaster is an indispensable part of any kitchen, and today’s models don’t skimp on details and features that can tackle many different cooking tasks.

Hours seven through nine—the hours we’re most likely to skimp on—may actually be the most powerful.

In every video, Burke and his team both inform and entertain, skimping neither on technical jargon nor opportunities to create useful Reddit memes.

Keysight makes “critical tools that companies are unlikely to skimp on” and that become “sticky” once users get accustomed to them, says Vontobel’s Chang.

From Fortune

Of course, if you’re looking for a more passive VR experience, such as “virtual travel” or immersive movies, you can maybe skimp on or even outright ditch the need for specialized controllers of any kind.

I don't skimp when it comes to scrambled eggs; I want mine with real butter, and enough cream to hold them up, but not leak.

Then as the sober days of manhood came, and Landy witnessed the finish of the improvident and foolish, he began to save and skimp.

"Now we'll not have to skimp so with things," said Mrs. Twig happily.

Theyve a pretty good substitute for Skimp; at least I think that Bunty will play a good game.

Overcoats were cut as simply as possible, though they did not skimp the material but made them wide and loose.

Fong liked the work at the Diamond H; he also like the generous wages and not having to skimp in any way.

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On this page you'll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to skimp, such as: scrimp, pinch, save, scamp, scant, and scrape.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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