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parsimony in Japanese

parsimony in Japanese is 出し惜しみ, 吝嗇 — parsimony means a strong unwillingness to spend money unless it is truly needed.

parsimony in Japanese

出し惜しみ
noun
Pronounced: dashioshimi
Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
吝嗇
noun
Pronounced: rinshoku
Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.

What does "parsimony" mean?

  1. noun A strong unwillingness to spend money unless it is truly needed.
  2. noun The use of the smallest possible number of resources or explanations to solve something.
    "We used three search heuristics, Bayesian inference, maximum likelihood, and maximum parsimony, to construct phylogenies from unique COI haplotypes and used default parameters for analyses unless otherwise noted."
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  • We used three search heuristics, Bayesian inference, maximum likelihood, and maximum parsimony, to construct phylogenies from unique COI haplotypes and used default parameters for analyses unless otherwise noted.

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What is "parsimony" in Japanese?
"parsimony" in Japanese is 出し惜しみ, 吝嗇. parsimony means: A strong unwillingness to spend money unless it is truly needed.
How do you pronounce 出し惜しみ?
"parsimony" in Japanese is 出し惜しみ, pronounced "dashioshimi".
Are there other ways to say "parsimony" in Japanese?
Yes — Japanese has 2 translations listed for "parsimony": 出し惜しみ, 吝嗇.
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