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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as in generosity
the quality or fact of being free or wasteful in the expenditure of money
considering he has a family, his wastefulness is downright irresponsible
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Recent Examples of wasteful
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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Adjective
These cuts were implemented to shear fraud and wasteful spending.
—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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wasteful
Adjective
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The aircraft so extravagant, it’s been called the flying palace.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 May 2025
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Next week, a coterie of crypto investors will share an extravagant dinner with US president Donald Trump at his golf club in Washington, DC.—
Joel Khalili,
Wired News,
16 May 2025
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Your laughter, your spirit, generosity, humor, cheekiness, courage and loyalty is an incredible gift to me.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
28 May 2025
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What Thornton is striving toward, an embrace of generosity, of humanity being able to change what faith and religion even mean, is often moving.—
Ella Kemp,
IndieWire,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Tiny shampoo bottles are no longer seen as cute freebies by many travelers but as profligate waste when refillable larger containers make more environmental sense.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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High-tax Democratic states with profligate spending do not need a federal tax deduction partially shielding residents from the consequences of their own votes.—
The Editors,
National Review,
23 May 2025
Noun
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For years, the Mission: Impossible movies stood as a welcome bulwark against the world-building extravagance of Hollywood’s franchise craze.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 May 2025
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Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrated the centenary of Pierre Boulez’s birth with an extravagance of sonic invention and dance.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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The cockpit can be fitted with a solar Starlight Bimini providing generous shade.—
Kathleen Turner,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Similarly, the Department of Justice has pulled back from policing financial crimes, including those involving cryptocurrency, whose kingpins were among Trump’s most generous donors.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
27 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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What happens when a prodigal son falls under the influence of his older, American wife?—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
17 May 2025
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Everyone can't stop talking about Blue Ivy Carter—Beyoncé and Jay-Z's prodigal daughter—after the 13-year-old took to the stage alongside her mom at the launch of her Cowboy Carter tour this week.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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Mark Dial, a former Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot a motorist during an August 2023 traffic stop, faces up to six years in prison as a jury convicted him of voluntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and possessing an instrument of crime, but acquitted him of murder charges.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 May 2025
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The student was taken into custody and transported to the Meriden Police Department where they were charged with first-degree arson, reckless burning, first-degree criminal mischief and second-degree breach of peace.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
22 May 2025
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“Wasteful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wasteful. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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