Usually means: Wasteful due to misguided thriftiness.
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  1. pound-foolish: Merriam-Webster
  2. pound-foolish: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  5. pound-foolish: Wiktionary
  6. pound-foolish: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. pound-foolish: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. pound-foolish: Dictionary.com
  9. pound-foolish: Rhymezone
  10. pound-foolish: FreeDictionary.org
  11. pound-foolish: Mnemonic Dictionary
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▸ adjective:  Being unwise in dealing with large amounts of money.

Similar:
wasteful, overfoolish, fat as a fool, multipound, loose-handed, overponderous, large-handed, uppish, foolhardy, big money, more...

Opposite:
penny-wise, frugal, thrifty, prudent

Phrases:
penny-wise and pound-foolish, more...

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Similar:
wasteful, overfoolish, fat as a fool, multipound, loose-handed, overponderous, large-handed, uppish, foolhardy, big money, more...

Opposite:
penny-wise, frugal, thrifty, prudent

Phrases:
penny-wise and pound-foolish, more...



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