wastefulness
noun
Examples of wasteful in a Sentence
a wasteful use of natural resources
a careless and wasteful person
We must eliminate wasteful expenditures.
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In fact, state housing finance agencies do this all the time for wasteful Low Income Housing Tax (LIHTC) apartment buildings which create no equity for residents at all.
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Roger Valdez, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Trump has described the federal government as bloated and wasteful.
—Lucia Mutikani, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
From cutting wasteful spending with DOGE to renaming the beautiful Gulf of America, President Trump is renewing the American dream.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Surely wasteful expenditures exist and efficiencies can be identified, but wholesale seizures of funds are dubious and fuel troubling uncertainty.
—Josiah H. Brown, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2025
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Roger Valdez, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Trump has described the federal government as bloated and wasteful.
—Lucia Mutikani, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
From cutting wasteful spending with DOGE to renaming the beautiful Gulf of America, President Trump is renewing the American dream.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Surely wasteful expenditures exist and efficiencies can be identified, but wholesale seizures of funds are dubious and fuel troubling uncertainty.
—Josiah H. Brown, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wasteful
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“Wasteful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wasteful. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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