(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skimp.

Scotch canny careful chary cheeseparing chinchy chintzy conserving cooling cooling down cooling off culpably negligent curtailment cutback derelict economic economization economizing economy economy of assumption economy of means elegance exiguous forehanded frugal frugal to excess frugality inadvertent inattentive infrequent labor-saving laissez-faire law of parsimony lax loose low growth rate meager miserly money-saving neglectful neglecting negligent noninterfering nonrestrictive off-guard overfrugal overly permissive parsimonious parsimoniousness parsimony penny-wise penny-wise and pound-foolish permissive piddling pinching poor procrastinating provident prudent prudential rare reduction of expenses reduction of spending relaxed remiss retrenchment saving scamping scant scanty scarce scattered scraping scrimping scrimpy seldom met with seldom seen skimpy slack slighting slim slowdown slurring spare sparing sparse spotty sprinkled stingy stinting thin thrifty tight time-saving too frugal uncircumspect unguarded unrigorous unwary unwasteful unwatchful