parsimonious Definition
par·si·mo·ni·ous (pär′sə mō′nē əs)
adjective
characterized by parsimony; miserly; close
parsimonious Related Forms
par′·si·mo′·ni·ously adverb
par′·si·mo′·ni·ous·ness noun
parsimonious Synonyms
parsimonious Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- explanation: It is, however, a very parsimonious explanation of the results.
- model: The authors used regression analyzes to identify parsimonious models that explained variance in early reading.
- approach: In this area of work, we would look at a parsimonious approach to adding programmability to routers.
- specification: This lead by and large to a considerably more parsimonious specification of the transition rates that was accompanied by a slightly improved overall fit.
- representation: Univariate MS models appear to offer more dynamically parsimonious representations, but generally are unable to reproduce features missed by linear models.
- tree: The method assumes common descent; it is designed to produce the most parsimonious tree.
Modifying Another Word
- not: The authors ' ambition seems to be to offer lean and muscular, but not parsimonious, explanations.
- very: It is, however, a very parsimonious explanation of the results.
- equally: Can weighting help to choose among equally parsimonious solutions?
- even: Wouldn't it be nice ( perhaps even parsimonious ) if our low level and high level accounts shared the same characteristics of computation?
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