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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Rubin’s reporting for the San Francisco Chronicle, NPR and Capital & Main has led to state laws protecting workers from lead poisoning and has exposed wasteful spending.
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Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
Draws at home to Southampton in November (1-1) and at Leicester in December (2-2) were wasteful, especially in the latter case when a 2-0 lead was relinquished late on.
—Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Musk is co-leading an effort dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency to cut wasteful spending in the federal government.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
Some estimates suggest that as much as 25 percent of U.S. health care spending is wasteful.
—John C. Goodman, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
Draws at home to Southampton in November (1-1) and at Leicester in December (2-2) were wasteful, especially in the latter case when a 2-0 lead was relinquished late on.
—Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Musk is co-leading an effort dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency to cut wasteful spending in the federal government.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
Some estimates suggest that as much as 25 percent of U.S. health care spending is wasteful.
—John C. Goodman, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Wasteful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wasteful. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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