pound-foolish

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pound-foolish

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From penny-wise and pound-foolish (“thrifty in the small and wasteful in the large”).

adjective more pound-foolish · most pound-foolish

Being unwise in dealing with large amounts of money. Accordingly, by Dr. Chen's method of calculation, the copayment experience would have to be deemed even more pound-foolish than we found it to be.

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"pound-foolish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pound-foolish. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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pound-foolish. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pound-foolish

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"pound-foolish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pound-foolish.

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@misc{pound_foolish_2026,
  title = {pound-foolish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pound-foolish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}