wasteful

Example Sentences

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But paying several hundred dollars for accommodations when free lodging existed felt wasteful to her.

From MarketWatch

Van Veen's hard work looked to be in vain as he missed five match darts, but Humphries was equally wasteful and fell to a fourth consecutive loss to the Dutchman.

From BBC

He says that while distinguishing between "useful" and "wasteful" handouts is important, it is only by extracting promises during elections that the poor in India get anything at all from their political representatives.

From BBC

It may not be enough to prevent a lot of wasteful corporate investment, and it definitely doesn’t apply to private artificial-intelligence developers, but it’s a sign that the market isn’t completely unhinged.

From The Wall Street Journal

Agency for International Development, which it has described as wasteful and unnecessary.

From Salon