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"sense": "to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp",
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"word": "халту́рить"
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"sense": "to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp",
"word": "baştan savma yapmak"
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"word": "savsaklamak"
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"ref": "1964 January, “The maintenance of B.R. diesel-electric locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 54",
"text": "The temptation to skimp examinations and maintenance procedures, to save time or overcome staff shortages, must be resisted, and supervisors must insist on strict adherence to maintenance schedules and quality of workmanship.",
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"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "lésiner"
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"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
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"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "lesinare"
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "matatoua"
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"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "spinke"
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"_dis1": "6 93 1",
"code": "no",
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"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "knipe"
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"roman": "skupitʹsja",
"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "скупиться"
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"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "az vermek"
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"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "cimrilik etmek"
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"(intransitive) To save; to be parsimonious or stingy."
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"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "икономисвам"
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"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "šetřit"
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"_dis1": "0 1 98",
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"word": "škudlit"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "beknibbelen"
},
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"word": "nuukailla"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "knapp halten"
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"word": "knausern"
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"word": "lesinare"
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"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "matatoua"
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"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "spinke"
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"word": "скупиться"
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"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "escatimar"
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{
"_dis1": "0 1 98",
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"word": "racanear"
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"word": "snåla"
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"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
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"ref": "2007, Zoo Today",
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"To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp."
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"To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp."
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp",
"word": "odbýt"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp",
"word": "odfláknout"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "šidit"
},
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ošidit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "odbývat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp",
"word": "pinnata"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp",
"word": "nachlässig erledigen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "schludern"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp",
"word": "sottovalutare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xaltúritʹ",
"sense": "to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp",
"word": "халту́рить"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp",
"word": "baştan savma yapmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp",
"word": "savsaklamak"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "skǎpja se",
"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "скъпя се"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "šetřit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "omezovat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "pihistellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "pihdata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "pihtailla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "nuukailla"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "lésiner"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "knausern"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "lesinare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "matatoua"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "spinke"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "knipe"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skupitʹsja",
"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "скупиться"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "az vermek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "cimrilik etmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp",
"word": "kısmak"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ikonomisvam",
"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "икономисвам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "šetřit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "škudlit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "beknibbelen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "pihistellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "pihdata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "pihtailla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "nuukailla"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "knapp halten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
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"word": "knausern"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "lesinare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "matatoua"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "spinke"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skupitʹsja",
"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "скупиться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ekonomitʹ",
"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "экономить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "escatimar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "racanear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "snåla"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to save; to be parsimonious or stingy",
"word": "cimrilik etmek"
}
],
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}
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"ref": "2007, George Ella Lyon, With a Hammer for my Heart, page 192",
"text": "I remembered how fierce it hurt and how it blistered. All that pain from just a skimp of flesh.",
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"ref": "2007, Zoo Today",
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"type": "quotation"
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"(in the plural, colloquial) Underwear."
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