penny-wise

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

penny-wise
    adj 1: thrifty in small matters only

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

penny-wise \penny-wise\ adj.
   1. Thrifty in small matters only. Used mostly in the phrase
      penny-wise and pound foolish.
      [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]