wastefulness
noun
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Examples of wasteful in a Sentence
a wasteful use of natural resources
a careless and wasteful person
We must eliminate wasteful expenditures.
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Losers House Speaker Mike Johnson: The Louisiana Republican is facing fierce backlash and threats to his speakership next Congress over what hard-line conservatives characterize as wasteful pork barrel spending.
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Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Dec. 2024
But the incoming Trump administration has declared the tax credits wasteful spending, making their fate uncertain.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
Musk, along with Vivek Ramaswamy, will head Trump’s efforts to cut down on purportedly wasteful spending once the new administration is sworn in.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 14 Dec. 2024
Food-away-from-home spending (typically more wasteful than eating at home) is now more than half of that total.
—Vaclav Smil, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2024
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Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Dec. 2024
But the incoming Trump administration has declared the tax credits wasteful spending, making their fate uncertain.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
Musk, along with Vivek Ramaswamy, will head Trump’s efforts to cut down on purportedly wasteful spending once the new administration is sworn in.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 14 Dec. 2024
Food-away-from-home spending (typically more wasteful than eating at home) is now more than half of that total.
—Vaclav Smil, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Wasteful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wasteful. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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