[adjective] [formal] [disapproving] - not generous; unwilling to spend money or give somethingShe's too parsimonious to heat the house properly.My dad's always a bit parsimonious with the gin!(figurative) I think that politicians are often rather parsimonious with the (= do not tell the complete) truth.
PARSIMONIOUS
Meaning of PARSIMONIOUS in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012