4 example sentences using penny-pinching.
Penny-pinching used in a sentence
Penny-pinching in a sentence as a noun
When it's taken to excess, like the author is complaining about, the noun is "cheapskate" or "miser" and the adjective is "cheap" or "penny-pinching".
This article just makes me mad - they are penny-pinching on quite simply the most important piece of technology that humanity has ever tried to develop.
Penny-pinching in a sentence as an adjective
Also even if the book '... portrays Bezos as a ruthless tyrant and a "penny-pinching ballbuster,"' would that dissuade anyone who was already planning on it from shopping at Amazon?To me, regardless of the truth, being "penny-pinching" given Amazon's razor thin margins seems like a good trait for the CEO.
The problem we have with much of old IT today is an operations-penny-pinching "change is bad and our processes are designed to prevent it" mentality rather than a balance between delivering new value and keeping it running, where "change is the norm and our processes are designed to manage it".Look man, I get where you're coming from, but after dealing with senior business execs for a long while, I feel IT-as-is is untenable.
Penny-pinching definitions
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
See also: parsimony parsimoniousness thrift
giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
See also: cheeseparing close near skinny