pen·ny–wise 
/ˈpɛniˌwaɪz/ adjective
/ˈpɛniˌwaɪz/ adjective Meaning:
penny-wise and/but pound-foolish
: careful about small amounts of money but not about large amounts — used especially to describe something that is done to save a small amount of money now but that will cost a large amount of money in the future ▪ The administration's plans to cut funding are penny-wise and pound-foolish.
