parsimonious

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?