as in extravagant
given to spending money freely or foolishly
my one wasteful child always seemed to run out of money by midweek
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Recent Examples of wasteful
The Division is tasked with identifying wasteful spending to make Oklahoma a top state to do business.
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Adam A. Millsap, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
But the Trump administration has repeatedly criticized foreign aid as wasteful and accused agencies like USAID of pursuing political agendas.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
James’s goal, the solid away defence and a wasteful home attack ensured this was not an evening sullied by the officials.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Many of these grants appear to be wasteful, redundant, or otherwise against the priorities of the Trump Administration.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Adam A. Millsap, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
But the Trump administration has repeatedly criticized foreign aid as wasteful and accused agencies like USAID of pursuing political agendas.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
James’s goal, the solid away defence and a wasteful home attack ensured this was not an evening sullied by the officials.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Many of these grants appear to be wasteful, redundant, or otherwise against the priorities of the Trump Administration.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wasteful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wasteful
Adjective
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But instead of changing her appearance in any way, going undercover or at least wearing a cap and sunglasses à la Marvel, Emily stands with her extravagant outfit at night at the Trevi Fountain in the middle of Rome.—
Hannah Madlener,
Glamour,
2 May 2025
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The extravagant, impulsive act of giving that wraps up the night can stand as a metaphor for poetry itself.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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That is often viewed by us profligate, protein-burning, fat-loving energy spendthrifts as an inferior form of metabolism.—
Stephen S. Hall,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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Cash for rent – Conservatives generally speaking hate the idea of profligate spending on social benefits, seeing them as entitlements that create indolence and a constituency for bureaucracy.—
Roger Valdez,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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What makes the piece notable is its exhaustive, generous attention to what might seem—to some—a frivolous subject.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
4 May 2025
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While most grocery store cakes are quarter-sheet cakes, Costco's is a generous half-sheet cake, so it's definitely meant to feed a crowd.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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Galle’s father worked for Marie Antoinette, but the French Revolution unsurprisingly had a major impact on the aristocratic market for spendthrift furnishings like this.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2024
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Those could have been used to constrain distributions to or for the benefit of the spendthrift child.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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In a competitive global marketplace, the change in direction certainly appears to demonstrate Established & Sons’s eagerness to cast aside its prodigal image in favor of a leaner, smarter approach to the design business.—
Ian Volner,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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The song itself is written as a series of toasts, imagining returning home after being the prodigal youth.—
Meaghan Garvey,
Pitchfork,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Military families, whose stability should be a national priority, are left instead navigating economic turbulence born out of reckless policymaking.—
Michael B Smith,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Apr. 2025
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Ironically, too, for the first offseason in well over a decade, the organization’s actual self-interest and penchant for reckless, all-in swings in pursuit of immediate gratification are actually aligned.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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There is no place in our organization for such bias, grudge-holding, or careless voting.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
1 May 2025
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Knight was also cited on suspicion of careless operation of a vessel and violation of navigation rules in the 2019 incident, but the charges were dismissed in 2020, court records show.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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Labor is bullish about the chances its local candidate, Ali France, could end Dutton’s two decades in parliament – and the early vote-count showed the Liberal leader could be in trouble.—
Hilary Whiteman and Angus Watson,
CNN Money,
3 May 2025
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In fact, a survey in February found that hundreds of U.S.-based scholars think the United States is moving swiftly from a liberal democracy toward some form of authoritarianism.—
Frank Langfitt,
NPR,
1 May 2025
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“Wasteful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wasteful. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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