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skimping

/ˈskɪmpɪŋ/

skimpingсуществительное

Переводы

économieSouvent péjoratif; économie excessive au point de manquer du nécessaire.

Her skimping on groceries allowed her to save enough for a vacation.

Son économie sur les courses lui a permis d’épargner assez pour partir en vacances.

Дополнительные переводы

radinerieRegistre courant; met l’accent sur l’avarice ou la parcimonie excessive.

Определения

The act of spending less money than is necessary or avoiding spending money altogether.

Her skimping on groceries allowed her to save enough for a vacation.

An instance of supplying or providing something in insufficient quantity due to economizing.

Customers complained about the skimping of ingredients in the soup.

skimpingгерундий или причастие настоящего времени

/ˈskɪmpɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe people or things that economize or provide insufficient amounts.

Переводы

au rabaisSe dit d’une chose faite ou fournie en quantité ou en qualité insuffisante.

Skimping policies left the department severely underfunded.

Des politiques au rabais ont laissé le service gravement sous-financé.

Дополнительные переводы

économePlus neutre; insiste sur la parcimonie dans l’usage des moyens.

Определения

Characterized by economizing or giving less than is necessary.

Skimping policies left the department severely underfunded.

skimpглагол

skimping

Герундий

skimped

Прошедшее простое время

skimped

Причастие прошедшего времени

skimping

Герундий

/skɪmp/

Переводы

lésinerSe construit souvent avec « sur ».

She decided not to skimp on quality when buying a new mattress.

Elle a décidé de ne pas lésiner sur la qualité lorsqu'elle a acheté un nouveau matelas.

Дополнительные переводы

bâclerFamilier; pour un travail fait trop vite ou avec trop peu d'effort.

Определения

To use less of something than is necessary or appropriate, often to save money or resources.

She decided not to skimp on quality when buying a new mattress.

To give insufficient attention or effort to something.

He tends to skimp on his homework, which affects his grades.

Синонимы

sting

tighten one's belt

be frugal

cut back

Антонимы

skimpсуществительное

Определения

A small or insufficient amount; scantiness (rare).

There was only skimp of milk left in the fridge.

A stingy or parsimonious person (dialectal).

Stop being such a skimp and pay your share of the bill.

skimpприлагательное

Определения

Scanty or insufficient in amount; meager (dialectal or archaic).

They served us a skimp lunch that left everyone still hungry.