wasteful

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At banking software company Q2 Holdings in Austin, finance chief Jonathan Price told employees the company was taking aim at nonessential expenses that were too often wasteful, part of a larger effort to control costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

So far, the union has not provided a list of contracts that it considers wasteful or inappropriate.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

For Suetsugu, the findings highlight how cooperation in nature can arise from processes that initially appear wasteful or unsuccessful.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

Murray added that Sunderland were "wasteful" and "could never get into that flow" that they display in the Premier League.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Was it possible that this—all of this that seemed so wasteful and so needless—this war, Scheveningen prison, this very cell, none of it was unforeseen or accidental?

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom