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English adjective: frugal

1. frugal avoiding waste


SamplesAn economical meal.
An economical shopper.
A frugal farmer.
A frugal lunch.
A sparing father and a spending son.
Sparing in their use of heat and light.
Stinting in bestowing gifts.
Thrifty because they remember the great Depression.
`scotch' is used only informally.


Synonymseconomical, scotch, sparing, stinting


Similarthrifty


Domain usagecolloquialism


Antonymswasteful









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