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See definition of penny-wise on Dictionary.com
  • as ineconomical
  • as infrugal

synonyms for penny-wise

  • cost-effective
  • efficient
  • practical
  • prudent
  • avaricious
  • canny
  • chary
  • circumspect
  • close
  • closefisted
  • curmudgeonly
  • frugal
  • meager
  • mean
  • methodical
  • miserly
  • money-saving
  • on the rims
  • parsimonious
  • penny-pinching
  • penurious
  • provident
  • prudential
  • saving
  • scrimping
  • skimping
  • spare
  • sparing
  • stingy
  • thrifty
  • tight
  • time-saving
  • unwasteful
  • watchful
  • work-saving
On this page you'll find 77 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to penny-wise, such as: cost-effective, efficient, practical, prudent, avaricious, and canny.

antonyms for penny-wise

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  • inefficient
  • careless
  • uncareful
  • uneconomical
  • unreasonable
  • wasteful
  • careless
  • incautious
  • spendthrift
  • wasteful
  • generous
  • lavish
  • uneconomical
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How to use penny-wise in a sentence

Nowadays it is more fashionable to speak of this kind of thing as "penny wise and pound foolish."
NELSON'S HOME COMFORTSMARY HOOPER
Still, there is such a thing as being 'penny wise and pound foolish.'
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMOND
Not a little, too, of Sir George's economy was of "the penny-wise and pound-foolish" kind.
NOTES OF A TWENTY-FIVE YEARS' SERVICE IN THE HUDSON'S BAY TERRITORYJOHN M'LEAN
But it is wonderful what people, penny-wise and pound foolish, will sometimes do to save 2d.
THE GIRL'S OWN PAPER, VOL. VIII: NO. 353, OCTOBER 2, 1886.VARIOUS
The small force our Government (penny-wise and pound foolish) had sent against the Afghans were overwhelmed.
A SOLDIER'S EXPERIENCE OR A VOICE FROM THE RANKS: SHOWING THE COST OF WAR IN BLOOD AND TREASURETIMOTHY GOWING
This policy is "penny wise and pound foolish" when it so directly affects the safety of the nation.
THE SUBMARINE IN WAR AND PEACESIMON LAKE
"It's the same penny-wise and pound-foolish method by which the Indian service is run," responded Lawson.
THE CAPTAIN OF THE GRAY-HORSE TROOPHAMLIN GARLAND
Could we but be 'penny wise' in morals, Michel, how rich we should be in knowledge of life!
THE DALTONS, VOLUME II (OF II)CHARLES JAMES LEVER
In the making of a golf course it is very easy to be "penny wise and pound foolish."
THE COMPLETE GOLFER [1905]HARRY VARDON
I thought to myself that she might be obliged to do so, unless Penny Wise could find another way to make them look.
THE MAN WHO FELL THROUGH THE EARTHCAROLYN WELLS
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