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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skupój",
"sense": "exhibiting parsimony",
"word": "скупо́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "berežlívyj",
"sense": "exhibiting parsimony",
"word": "бережли́вый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žádnyj",
"sense": "exhibiting parsimony",
"word": "жа́дный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skárednyj",
"sense": "exhibiting parsimony",
"word": "ска́редный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ekonómnyj",
"sense": "exhibiting parsimony",
"word": "эконо́мный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "exhibiting parsimony",
"word": "parsimonioso"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "using a minimal number of assumptions, steps, or conjectures",
"word": "säästlik"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "using a minimal number of assumptions, steps, or conjectures",
"word": "parsimonioso"
}
],
"word": "parsimonious"
}
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