wasteful
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The group has told donors that it offers “near-term and longer-term protection against wasteful government spending and any and all new taxes on personal property and personal assets.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
He has long disparaged what he considers the wasteful, zero-sum speed race of high-frequency trading.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Tonda Eckert has done a phenomenal job with Saints but I still think City will come out comfortable winners, as long as they are not as wasteful as they were against Burnley.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
“It is shameful that he used Ken’s name as the example of those who supposedly aren’t carrying their fair share of the burdens associated with New York City’s often costly and wasteful spending,” Beeson wrote.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
Those first few exhales were big and wasteful as Miig tried to get the damp paper to light, and smoke billowed across the clearing like messages.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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