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false economies

false economies is the plural of false economy.

Meaning of false economy

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, or ultimately wastes more money than was saved.
    • On the other hand, when money is saved and the efficiency of the school is injured, that is a false economy.1943, Ward Glen Reeder, A First Course in Education

Questions about false economies

What is false economies the plural of?
False economies is the plural of false economy.

Words near false economies in the dictionary

  1. false doors
  2. false drop
  3. false drops
  4. false easting
  5. false eastings
  6. false economies
  7. false economy
  8. false equivalence
  9. false equivalences
  10. false eyelash
  11. false eyelashes

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