wantonly

Example Sentences

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Anthropic’s worries over Claude’s alleged ability to feel distress aren’t really about Claude; they’re about our all-too-human unease over the possibility that we’re wantonly using something that doesn’t want to be used.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025

At its unveiling, Mr Downey said the new version had been designed to be "as solid as possible, out of a durable material which cannot be wantonly destroyed".

From BBC • May 16, 2025

And it would benefit us, too, to stop wantonly crushing cetaceans with our boats.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2024

The officials wantonly disregarded public record laws when they wiped their text messages, as determined by judge Zilly.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2023

Worst of all, if you wantonly divide by zero, you can destroy the entire foundation of logic and mathematics.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife