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Recent Examples of wastefully
On a pretty dead pitch offering very little to the bowlers, the quartet wastefully surrendered their wickets for all that England deserved credit (particularly Archer) for persistence and a generally probing line after what had been a fairly disastrous start to the day from Carse.
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Tim Spiers, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
Tim Spiers, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wastefully
Adverb
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Likewise, a circumstance all by itself could be the matter of regulating AI makers about allowing their AI to wantonly provide mental health advice.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Craving something indulgently sweet?—
Jennifer Hussein,
InStyle,
18 Jan. 2026
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Yet Göring dominates the movie thanks to Russell Crowe’s performance, somehow both indulgently big and dexterously subtle.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
11 Dec. 2025
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Grips fit perfectly into my hands, balancing the bike comfortably between my legs, and the brakes and accelerator took an equal amount of (no) time to get used to.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The insoles mold comfortably to your foot, and the rubber outsoles keep slipping and sliding at bay.—
Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Wastefully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wastefully. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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