wasteful
Example Sentences
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The changes, championed by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, are designed to crack down on wasteful spending and improper payments to deceased individuals and people without legal residency status.
The tech companies will get a cut of the savings attributed to their reduction of wasteful spending, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said in a fact sheet External link.
From Barron's
Beyond wasteful projects, the crown prince has had accomplishments in the first decade of his Vision 2030 plan to transform the kingdom from dependence on oil.
He’d asked his aunt once if they could get burgers, but she said that paying for takeout was wasteful, and that she had spent enough money “cleaning up my little sister’s problems.”
From Literature
The biggest xG underperformer in the league, only three players have been more wasteful than Mateta across Europe's top five leagues.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.