skimp
verb
1 skimp
Work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially.
synonym: scant.
Dutch: aankloten, aanmodderen, aanrommelen, broddelen, klooien, kloten, klungelen, knoeien, mieren, modderen, otteren, pielen, prutsen, rommelen, rotzooien, wurmen ... show more
2 skimp
Limit in quality or quantity.
synonym: scant.
3 skimp
Subsist on a meager allowance.
synonyms: scrimp, stint.
Dutch: karig
4 skimp
Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities.
synonyms: scant, stint.
Moby thesaurus: begrudge, blink, carefully ignore, cold-shoulder, cut a corner, cut corners, dodge, economize, enforce economies, exiguous, famish, fudge, grudge, husband, keep within compass, live upon nothing, make ends meet, manage, pass over, pass over lightly, pinch, pinch pennies, poor, put something aside, save, scamp, scant, scanty, scrape, scrape and save, screw, scrimp, scrimpy, short, skim, skim over, skim the surface, skimpy, skip over, slight, slubber over, slur, slur over, spare, sparse, starve, stint, touch upon, touch upon lightly ... show more.
skimping
Moby thesaurus: Scotch, canny, careful, chary, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, conserving, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, culpably negligent, curtailment, cutback, derelict, economic, economization, economizing, economy, economy of assumption, economy of means, elegance, exiguous, forehanded, frugal, frugal to excess, frugality, inadvertent, inattentive, infrequent, labor-saving, laissez-faire, law of parsimony, lax, loose, low growth rate, meager, miserly, money-saving, neglectful, neglecting, negligent, niggardly, noninterfering, nonrestrictive, off-guard, overfrugal, overly permissive, parsimonious, parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-wise, penny-wise and pound-foolish, permissive, piddling, pinching, poor, procrastinating, provident, prudent, prudential, rare, reduction of expenses, reduction of spending, relaxed, remiss, retrenchment, saving, scamping, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, scraping, scrimping, scrimpy, seldom met with, seldom seen, skimpy, slack, slighting, slim, slowdown, slurring, spare, sparing, sparse, spotty, sprinkled, stingy, stinting, thin, thrifty, tight, time-saving, too frugal, uncircumspect, unguarded, unrigorous, unwary, unwasteful, unwatchful ... show more.
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