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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Is its packaging consciously designed or needlessly wasteful?
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Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 12 July 2025
In stunningly lyrical prose, Johnson pays a finely hewn attention to that which our wasteful, capitalistic society discards and collapses the dichotomies of high and low art.
—Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
Some of these moves were necessitated by Bezos handing over to Jassy a bloated and sometimes wasteful company when the CEO transition happened nearly four years ago.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 17 June 2025
The frustration helped spawn the fruitless and wasteful 2021 attempt to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom — which cost taxpayers more than $200 million — and fuels the perennial fantasy of a breakaway rural state called Jefferson.
—Mark Barabak, Mercury News, 3 July 2025
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Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 12 July 2025
In stunningly lyrical prose, Johnson pays a finely hewn attention to that which our wasteful, capitalistic society discards and collapses the dichotomies of high and low art.
—Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
Some of these moves were necessitated by Bezos handing over to Jassy a bloated and sometimes wasteful company when the CEO transition happened nearly four years ago.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 17 June 2025
The frustration helped spawn the fruitless and wasteful 2021 attempt to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom — which cost taxpayers more than $200 million — and fuels the perennial fantasy of a breakaway rural state called Jefferson.
—Mark Barabak, Mercury News, 3 July 2025
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“Wasteful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wasteful. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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