skimping

UK
/ˈskɪmpɪŋ/
US
/ˈskɪmpɪŋ/
skimpingсуществительное
Переводы
Skimping on quality can lead to customer dissatisfaction.
Экономия на качестве может привести к недовольству клиентов.
Дополнительные переводы
экономия средств
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
UK
/ˈskɪmpɪŋ/
US
/ˈskɪmpɪŋ/
Used attributively to describe people or things that economize or provide insufficient amounts.
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
UK
/skɪmp/
US
/skɪmp/
Переводы
He tends to skimp on quality when buying clothes.
Он склонен скупиться на качество при покупке одежды.
She decided to skimp on the decorations to save money.
Она решила экономить на украшениях, чтобы сэкономить деньги.
Дополнительные переводы
скудно употреблять
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
cut back
be frugal
tighten one's belt
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.