false economy

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfalse economyfalse economysomething that you think will save you money but which will really cost you more It’s a false economy not to have travel insurance. → falseExamples from the Corpusfalse economy• Buying less than the best is a false economy.• Diane Chalmers, senior home care manager, says councillors and staff recognised that removing the service would be a false economy.• Do not skimp on batteries, it is a false economy.• From a point of view of commercial work, however, this is bad practice, and false economy.• Using briefing only may be a false economy.• It is false economy not to get the right expert, even though getting the right expert may be more expensive.• It would be a false economy not to treat divers.

单词	false economy
释义	false economy From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfalse economyfalse economysomething that you think will save you money but which will really cost you more It’s a false economy not to have travel insurance. → falseExamples from the Corpusfalse economy• Buying less than the best is a false economy.• Diane Chalmers, senior home care manager, says councillors and staff recognised that removing the service would be a false economy.• Do not skimp on batteries, it is a false economy.• From a point of view of commercial work, however, this is bad practice, and false economy.• Using briefing only may be a false economy.• It is false economy not to get the right expert, even though getting the right expert may be more expensive.• It would be a false economy not to treat divers.
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