wastefully

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He slog-swept Liam Dawson to deep square leg for 24 - one of six batters to wastefully pick out fielders in the deep.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Enzo Fernandez, unmarked 10 yards from goal, headed wastefully over from James' cross soon after the interval.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

Israel also has 86 Boeing F-15s, which can drop heavier bombs, and 39 of the latest, most wastefully expensive fighter-bombers ever, Lockheed Martin’s nuclear-capable F-35s, with another 36 on order.

From Salon • May 19, 2024

Moreover, nontargeted use would wastefully divert renewable energy from its foremost task of directly displacing fossil fuels.

From Scientific American • Nov. 6, 2023

All around me heavy drops of fresh water plopped loudly and wastefully into the sea, dimpling its surface.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel