pennywise

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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

But the task force sent by the pennywise, pound-foolish admirals was defeated by a U.S. task force which, though inferior in quantity, was superior in quality.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a glaringly pennywise, pound-foolish move, the government decided several months ago to cut back on its family planning, birth control and sterilization programs.

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