pound-foolish

Example Sentences

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Ms Devlin added the move is a "penny-wise and pound-foolish approach to workforce".

From BBC • May 15, 2023

That could make the squishy “engagement” and meager traffic that local news sites have seen as benefits of giving content to Twitter seem penny wise and pound-foolish.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2022

But the strategy is penny-wise, pound-foolish — not to mention cruel.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2022

“There’s more money lost ... not being smart. Penny-wise, pound-foolish sort of thing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2021

But then that plagy, jealous, suspicious, old vinegar-faced Honor, and her partner Pride—as penny-wise and pound-foolish a she-skinflint as herself—have the monopoly of the article.

From The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 by Various