Associations to the word «Sparing»

Wiktionary

SPARING, adjective. Prudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal
SPARING, verb. Present participle of spare

Dictionary definition

SPARING, adjective. Avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne