be sparing

Synonyms

stint economize skimp scrimp retrench cut back

Antonyms

spend blow lavish misuse dissipate squander
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Examples

He thought each memory recalled must do some violence to its origins. As in a party game. Say the words and pass it on. So be sparing. What you alter in the remembering has yet a reality, known or not. Cormac McCarthy

Always to be sparing is always to be in want. Danish Proverb

They limit their expenditure where it is not needed, and are ever lavish of that of which they should be sparing. Latin Proverb

Words in the phrase

be sparing

Close letter words and terms

be sound of body and mind be soundless be sovereign be sparing with be sparkling be specific