Skimp, Scrimp & Scamp

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–verb (used without object) 

1. to scrimp. 



–verb (used without object) 

1. to be sparing or frugal; economize (often fol. by on): They scrimped and saved for everything they have. He spends most of his money on clothes, and scrimps [on] food.  



–verb (used with object)

2. to be sparing or restrictive of or in; limit severely: to scrimp food. 

3. to keep on short allowance; provide sparingly for: to scrimp their elderly parents.  



–verb (used with object)

2. to scrimp.

3. to scamp. (草率地做)



–adjective 

4. skimpy; scanty. 





　

"Desperado" is, however, a lot better-looking than "Mortal Kombat," a movie that looks like it was skimping [on] electricity.



Rodriguez has a lively color sense, a good feel for composition and a willingness to put the camera anywhere it can possibly go. What happens looks terrific. Now if he can harness that technical facility to a screenplay that's more story than setup, he might really have something. 





dearth

a dearth of [food]

sparse 

grows thinly or is thinly strewn or sown, over a wide area: 

sparse [vegetation], a sparse [population]

Meager