wastefulness
noun
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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These cuts were implemented to shear fraud and wasteful spending.
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2025
Democrats have bashed the Guantánamo effort as a wasteful political stunt, arguing the administration’s use of military resources to hold and deport migrants takes defense personnel away from their mission.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 13 May 2025
The basic lack of transparency around health care costs has long contributed to wasteful spending and inefficient care delivery.
—Dan Mendelson, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Budget hawks and an emergent wave of neoliberal politicians and economists had, for years, decried wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars in foreign nations that were often working with or were friendly toward the Soviet Union and communism.
—Time, 12 May 2025
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2025
Democrats have bashed the Guantánamo effort as a wasteful political stunt, arguing the administration’s use of military resources to hold and deport migrants takes defense personnel away from their mission.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 13 May 2025
The basic lack of transparency around health care costs has long contributed to wasteful spending and inefficient care delivery.
—Dan Mendelson, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Budget hawks and an emergent wave of neoliberal politicians and economists had, for years, decried wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars in foreign nations that were often working with or were friendly toward the Soviet Union and communism.
—Time, 12 May 2025
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“Wasteful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wasteful. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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