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be wasteful





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They can be brilliant and they can be brutal, they can be lethal and they can be wasteful.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025

Buffets can be wasteful, but I hope they can evolve to be less so.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

You don’t want to be wasteful with that expensive gas you’re buying.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2023

Image: iFixit Whole unit replacements can be wasteful on the supply-chain front, though, and data transfers to a new device are always cumbersome — especially for those not paying for Apple’s iCloud backup subscription.

From The Verge • Apr. 6, 2022

She could not throw it away; that would be wasteful.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata




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