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skimping

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People whose debt-to-income ratios are so high are almost certainly skimping on necessary line items like savings.

Nearly all of them were not eating enough, and were skimping the third meal.

In every part of the edifice good mason work was done, save in the upper vaults, where the necessity of economy led to skimping.

They weren't wearing such skimping skirts then, and I had an extra breadth put in so that it would all fade alike.

Perhaps you will say her nose and lips are a line too heavy: there is no skimping in her outlines.

The usual mean and skimping restoration and refitting with pitch-pine may be noticed here.

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On this page you'll find 239 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to skimping, such as: cost-effective, efficient, practical, prudent, avaricious, and canny.

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

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