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
A year later, the Kemper Open moved to Avenel, a decision that turned out to be penny-wise and pound-foolish.
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2022
Allowing near-term inflation fears to undermine longer-term investments would be penny-wise and just plain foolish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2021
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 Ainsworth Rand Spofford
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