skimp russian
скупи́ться
to be sparing, to scant, to stint, to skimp
поскупи́ться
to be sparing, to scant, to stint, to skimp
коро́тенький
quite short, nice and short, shortish
quite skimpy, very short (of clothing)
ку́цый
too short, skimpy, scanty
short-tailed, bobtailed, dock-tailed
curtailed, truncated, limited, meagre
халту́рящий
shoddy, slipshod, skimping, doing slipshod work
Examples
Поскупившийся на подарок друг разочаровал именинницу.
The friend who skimped on the gift disappointed the birthday girl.



















