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
These pound-foolish steps don’t even qualify as penny-wise, since they can end up costing a state more for less coverage.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2019
Where public education has been so neglected as to render possible such a niggardly, penny-wise and pound-foolish policy, there is manifestly signal need of every means of enlightenment.
From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Spofford, Ainsworth Rand
