anti-spending

adjective

an·​ti-spend·​ing

ˌan-tē-ˈspen-diŋ,

ˌan-tī- 

variants or less commonly antispending

: characterized by or expressing opposition to government spending

That poses a politically ticklish dilemma … : hike the nation's debt ceiling and risk the wrath of anti-spending voters, or let Uncle Sam default on debt payments, triggering a potential economic cataclysm.

—Stewart M. Powell

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above