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单词 sparing
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Examples of 'sparing' in a sentence
sparing

Or should I be regretting her absence and sparing a prayer for her?Perhaps it was the Overlord's way of sparing him a life of forced labour.I hadn't realized the terrible risk that he had taken merely in sparing our lives.

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sparing

British English: sparing ADJECTIVE
Someone who is sparing with something uses it or gives it only in very small quantities.
I'm never sparing with the garlic.
  • American English: sparing
  • Brazilian Portuguese: econômico
  • Chinese: 节约的
  • European Spanish: moderado
  • French: économe
  • German: sparsam
  • Italian: parsimonioso
  • Japanese: 倹約な
  • Korean: ~을 아끼는
  • European Portuguese: económica
  • Latin American Spanish: moderado

(adjective) 
Definition
economical (with)
I've not been sparing with the garlic.
Synonyms
economical
As taxpayers we should be able to assume that the government is economical with our money.
frugal
She lives a frugal life.
thrifty
My mother taught me to be thrifty.
saving
careful
Train your children to be careful with their pocket-money.
prudent
In private, she is prudent and even frugal.
cost-conscious
chary
money-conscious
Opposites
liberal
,
lavish
,
extravagant
,
prodigal
,
open-handed
,
spendthrift

Additional synonyms

in the sense of careful
Train your children to be careful with their pocket-money.
Synonyms
prudent,
sparing,
economical,
canny,
provident,
frugal,
thrifty
in the sense of chary
Synonyms
mean,
careful (British),
frugal,
thrifty,
stingy,
parsimonious,
niggardly
in the sense of frugal
Definition
economical in the use of money or resources
She lives a frugal life.
Synonyms
thrifty,
sparing,
careful,
prudent,
provident,
parsimonious,
abstemious,
penny-wise,
saving,
cheeseparing

Synonyms of 'sparing'

sparing

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of prudent
In private, she is prudent and even frugal.
Synonyms
thrifty,
economical,
sparing,
careful,
canny,
provident,
frugal,
far-sighted
in the sense of thrifty
Definition
not wasteful with money
My mother taught me to be thrifty.
Synonyms
economical,
prudent,
provident,
frugal,
saving,
sparing,
careful,
parsimonious
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