false economy

English

Noun

false economy (countable and uncountable, plural false economies)

  1. An attempt to economize that fails because the less expensive approach is inferior in some way.
    • 1943, Ward Glen Reeder, A First Course in Education
      On the other hand, when money is saved and the efficiency of the school is injured, that is a false economy.
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