wastefulness
noun
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a wasteful use of natural resources
a careless and wasteful person
We must eliminate wasteful expenditures.
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This knitwear brand doesn’t follow the traditional (often wasteful) fashion cycle, and instead continuously adds to an ongoing collection ideal for any season or aesthetic.
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Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
When there’s a void in responsibility, filmmaking can become a very exploitative, wasteful and even dangerous activity.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 4 Dec. 2024
The plan accepts Western fatigue, that its armament production cannot keep pace, and that its values are wasteful.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have been driving viral discussions about wasteful federal spending the incoming Trump Administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) plans to tackle.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
When there’s a void in responsibility, filmmaking can become a very exploitative, wasteful and even dangerous activity.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 4 Dec. 2024
The plan accepts Western fatigue, that its armament production cannot keep pace, and that its values are wasteful.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have been driving viral discussions about wasteful federal spending the incoming Trump Administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) plans to tackle.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Wasteful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wasteful. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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