as in extravagant
given to spending money freely or foolishly
my one wasteful child always seemed to run out of money by midweek
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Recent Examples of wasteful
The only way through this affordability crisis is by engaging in strategic planning for our energy system, stopping wasteful utility spending and investing in efficiency and clean energy.
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Emily Scarr, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2025
The 550 community gardens that have been blessed with permanence all around the city are gloriously wasteful, crowding out towers with tulips and tomato plants.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 June 2025
Is the packaging consciously designed or needlessly wasteful?
—Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 23 June 2025
After all, as concerns around sustainability become more commonplace, wearing an often eye-wateringly expensive gown for one day only seems wasteful in more ways than one.
—Emily Chan, Vogue, 19 June 2025
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Emily Scarr, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2025
The 550 community gardens that have been blessed with permanence all around the city are gloriously wasteful, crowding out towers with tulips and tomato plants.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 June 2025
Is the packaging consciously designed or needlessly wasteful?
—Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 23 June 2025
After all, as concerns around sustainability become more commonplace, wearing an often eye-wateringly expensive gown for one day only seems wasteful in more ways than one.
—Emily Chan, Vogue, 19 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for wasteful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wasteful
Adjective
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Per the logline, gaining access to the yacht’s extravagant amenities won’t be so simple.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
14 July 2025
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From Viktor & Rolf to Robert Wun and Chanel, this year’s Fall/Winter 2025-2026 runway shows were all about extravagant silhouettes and otherworldly, architectural designs.—
Nadja Sayej,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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European cinema helped to produce much of summer noir’s lexicon of themes, settings, and archetypes: Its fascination with the storied decadence of the leisure class—and the profligate rituals of the seasonal tourist—appeared in earlier film satires by Jean Renoir and Jacques Tati.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
26 June 2025
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Nothing better illustrates this than the profligate spending plan that Gov. Gavin Newsom got approved in June 2022.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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Google provides generous leave periods, financial support and reintegration programs for new parents returning to work.—
Will Fan,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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When a wage proposal this significant is combined with zero-premium healthcare and generous retirement contributions, there is no question who is responsible for this ongoing strike: Teamsters Local 25 and its president Tom Mari.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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Galle’s father worked for Marie Antoinette, but the French Revolution unsurprisingly had a major impact on the aristocratic market for spendthrift furnishings like this.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2024
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Those could have been used to constrain distributions to or for the benefit of the spendthrift child.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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The 18-year-old prodigal Duke product ticks all the boxes as a rising superstar.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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Politico’s Kimberly Leonard likened the moment to the parable of the prodigal son in the Bible.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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Alleged stabber Larry Boards is facing two counts of felony assault, reckless endangerment, and harassment for the crazed confrontation at the 82nd St.-Jackson Heights No. 7 train station at about 4:15 p.m. Friday, cops said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
12 July 2025
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Broadly, the search warrant describes the crimes as first-degree intentional homicide and reckless endangering of safety by use of a deadly weapon.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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Proof Carefully To Show Professionalism And Attention To Detail What gets my negative attention are résumés with careless errors—typos, missing words and inconsistent formatting.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Social media erupted in fear, and disgust, or simply threw shame his way for being careless.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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With the three liberal justices in dissent, the court on Monday paused an order from U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Boston, who issued a preliminary injunction reversing the layoffs and calling into question the broader plan.—
Mark Sherman,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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In 2023, the court flipped to a liberal majority for the first time in 15 years with the election of Justice Janet Protasiewicz.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
14 July 2025
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“Wasteful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wasteful. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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