skimp
verb (used without object)
to scrimp.
have skimped
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present perfectof skimp.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Companies have skimped on dividends amid an epic bull run for stock prices, leaving the S&P 500’s yield of just 1.1% looking like finance’s vestigial tailbone—an evolutionary holdover without a clear purpose.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
Some have skimped on free care for the poor, illegally saddling tens of thousands of patients with debts.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
But governments at all levels have skimped on investing in public health.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2020
But in recent years, like many other British industries, they have skimped on investment.
From Economist ● Aug. 18, 2016
Ah, better had I ta’en that cash that I have skimped to save, And spent it on my living and my pleasures day by day!
From Cobwebs from a Library Corner by John Kendrick Bangs
