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pound-foolish

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.75 in modern English

Syllables
pound--fool-ish
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being unwise in dealing with large amounts of money.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more pound-foolish (comparative) most pound-foolish (superlative)

Questions

What does pound-foolish mean?
Being unwise in dealing with large amounts of money.
Where does pound-foolish come from?
From penny-wise and pound-foolish (“thrifty in the small and wasteful in the large”).

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