0 (with on) to take, spend, use, give etc too little or only just enough -- ใช้น้อยเกินไป
1 to do (a job) imperfectly -- ทำอย่างไม่สมบูรณ์
He’s inclined to skimp his work.
But here, in particular, the conceptual dimension - the business of what recording (filming) 'does' to opera - seems skimped.
The aetiology, the clinical features and the life histories of psychopathic personalities are of profound theoretical and practical importance, and have been rather skimped.
Also, the introduction rather skimps on the twentieth century, giving it just two pages.
The latter costs were paid at a flat rate, providing an incentive for cost control; at the same time, skimping on quality was checked through monitoring of standards of care.
Not only does the lack of funding prevent the necessary refurbishment of aging, worn-out buildings and facilities; it also means that preventive maintenance is skimped.
To skimp will be to destroy the seed corn.
Even in these times of economic crisis, we really cannot skimp on maintenance and supervision.
We should not skimp on resources for this strategy.
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