parsimonious

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

adjective

excessively unwilling to spend
- parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses
- lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence
• Syn:
penurious
• Similar to:
stingy, ungenerous
• Derivationally related forms:
penuriousness (for: penurious), parsimony, parsimoniousness