penny-wise
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However, penny-wise, profit-driven developers want homes closer together on narrow streets that allow for more buildings.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
Ms Devlin added the move is a "penny-wise and pound-foolish approach to workforce".
From BBC ● May 15, 2023
“Front-line corrections staff are concerned that closing state prisons will prove to be penny-wise and pound-foolish,” they said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 28, 2021
“I just don’t think we should be penny-wise and pound-foolish on that,” Cole said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 26, 2020
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
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