be wasteful
Example Sentences
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Carter wrote that the VA has in effect sold the land off, by allowing lease holders to construct concrete facilities on it and then arguing that tearing those facilities down would be wasteful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024
“The cloud is ideal for that. It would be wasteful to buy that computer and let it stay idle for 99.99% of the time.”
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2024
You don’t want to be wasteful with that expensive gas you’re buying.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
I mean, I’m pretty sure that we can all agree that we just don’t need to be wasteful and excessive.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2022
She could not throw it away; that would be wasteful.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
