be wasteful
Example Sentences
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They can be brilliant and they can be brutal, they can be lethal and they can be wasteful.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025
Carter wrote that the VA has in effect sold the land off, by allowing lease holders to construct concrete facilities on it and then arguing that tearing those facilities down would be wasteful.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2024
After all, it’s not as if anyone is clamoring to be wasteful — even if what they’re giving up is an item that became something of a global status symbol.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2023
I mean, I’m pretty sure that we can all agree that we just don’t need to be wasteful and excessive.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2022
She could not throw it away; that would be wasteful.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
