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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Cut wasteful spending The FBI's budget request in fiscal 2025 sought more than $11.3 billion.
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Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2025
Musk became a key ally to the president and in November, Mr. Trump tapped the Tesla CEO to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, a new temporary agency aimed at reducing wasteful federal spending.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
The goal of the advisory body, the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, is to expose fraudulent and wasteful spending across the federal bureaucracy, and its leaders have floated a range of possible ways to cut costs, including eliminating entire agencies.
—Linley Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
But when wasteful spending is brought to the stage of public opinion, a decision becomes less the result of a singular politician’s opinion and more democratic.
—Steve Booren, The Denver Post, 19 Jan. 2025
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Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2025
Musk became a key ally to the president and in November, Mr. Trump tapped the Tesla CEO to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, a new temporary agency aimed at reducing wasteful federal spending.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
The goal of the advisory body, the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, is to expose fraudulent and wasteful spending across the federal bureaucracy, and its leaders have floated a range of possible ways to cut costs, including eliminating entire agencies.
—Linley Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
But when wasteful spending is brought to the stage of public opinion, a decision becomes less the result of a singular politician’s opinion and more democratic.
—Steve Booren, The Denver Post, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Wasteful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wasteful. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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