wasteful
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He also calls for reining in wasteful government spending while protecting essential social services like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
They hit the woodwork twice, while Jean-Phillipe Mateta was wasteful.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Now it can seem wasteful because many companies are watching AI token spending more carefully.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Frustrated with an industry they viewed as wasteful, exclusionary and obsessed with consumption, the pair wanted a name that reflected their criticism of it.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
He’d asked his aunt once if they could get burgers, but she said that paying for takeout was wasteful, and that she had spent enough money “cleaning up my little sister’s problems.”
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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