as in wasting
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Owning my gear has significantly streamlined my travel experience — no more wasting time in long rental lines, dealing with mystery-smelling boots that have seen better days, or forking out cash for rentals every season.—
Erica Paige,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Jan. 2025 -
There’s a lipstick loop, a key leash (no more wasting time rummaging around on your doorstep), an RFID-blocking compartment for your wallet, and multiple zippered and quick-access interior pockets.—
Jessica Macdonald,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Dec. 2023
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When the profligate first four years of socialist rule, from 1981-85, resulted in a rapidly deteriorating economy, Papandreou elevated Simitis to be finance minister and oversee a tight austerity program.—
Demetris Nellas,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jan. 2025
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Musk has been sounding the alarm about the nation's profligate spending.—
Alex Nitzberg,
Fox News,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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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.—
Ari Plachta,
Sacramento Bee,
17 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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When the film was remade as The Wolfman in 2010, Benicio del Toro and Anthony Hopkins took over as Lawrence and Sir John, playing up Lawrence’s role as the prodigal son, driven far from home after being plagued by delusions connected to the death of his mother.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
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The prodigal daughter returns in ABC's brand new series, Shifting Gears!—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Frittering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frittering. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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