pennywise
Example Sentences
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“People are sometimes pennywise and pound foolish, including people with decent amounts of money,” said Josh Rubenstein, a New York attorney who heads the private wealth department at the nationwide law firm Katten.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2023
The WNBA’s bargain salaries are pennywise and pound foolish.
From Washington Times • May 1, 2019
A far cry from the old stereotype of the dowdy, pennywise seamstress, today's home sewer is youthful and fashion-hungry.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is pennywise, pound-foolish executives like William Agee who squander money on wasteful corporate mergers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Clement, who by his pennywise parsimony had left himself defenceless, made a feeble and wholly vain attempt to put the city in a state of defence.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Johnson, Rossiter
