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pound-foolish
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Alan: They had the penny-wise-and-pound-foolish mentality that a lot of corporations do.
“Not spending the money here is about as penny wise and pound foolish as I can think of,” he said.
Nowadays it is more fashionable to speak of this kind of thing as "penny wise and pound foolish."
Still, there is such a thing as being 'penny wise and pound foolish.'
Not a little, too, of Sir George's economy was of "the penny-wise and pound-foolish" kind.
But it is wonderful what people, penny-wise and pound foolish, will sometimes do to save 2d.
The small force our Government (penny-wise and pound foolish) had sent against the Afghans were overwhelmed.
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On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pound-foolish, such as: careless, destructive, extravagant, lavish, profligate, and reckless.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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