wasteful
Example Sentences
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These grants are often wasteful on their own, but they also make it easier for fraudsters to get their hands into the piggy bank.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
But his LinkedIn lists him as a communications director for DOGE, Elon Musk’s failed effort to cut wasteful government spending.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
The group has told donors that it offers “near-term and longer-term protection against wasteful government spending and any and all new taxes on personal property and personal assets.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
Benton had taken particular note of a plant making a petroleum product called carbon black, which “burnt thousands of cubic feet of gas every minute, a great, wasteful, extravagant burning of resources for momentary profit.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Most of us liked our apples without skins, and Dad thought this was wasteful.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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