wasteful
Example Sentences
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Xi has indicated over the years that he has deep-rooted philosophical objections to Western-style consumerism, seeing it as wasteful.
Estimated to cost around a billion euros, unions and some art critics have called the project wasteful.
From Barron's
Arsenal were dominant for large spells of the game but were wasteful in front of goal on a frustrating afternoon.
From BBC
Motherwell were worthy winners at Fir Park and could have inflicted a far more embarrassing scoreline on Nancy's men but for wasteful finishing in their first home victory over Celtic since 2013.
From Barron's
A six-state pilot program will target “wasteful care” under Medicare, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
