be wasteful

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.

“The cloud is ideal for that. It would be wasteful to buy that computer and let it stay idle for 99.99% of the time.”

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.

Buffets can be wasteful, but I hope they can evolve to be less so.

“Weddings can be wasteful, so we were trying to be mindful of ways we could give back when we got married,” said Cassie, 27, noting that she and Jonathon have loved cats since they met in high school.