wasteful
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Synonyms
extravagant, high-rolling, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, squandering, thriftless, unthrifty
Antonyms
conserving, economical, economizing, frugal, penny-pinching, scrimping, skimping, thrifty
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Kellogg also rigorously researches solutions for common wasteful practices. — Andrea L. Dooley, SFChronicle.com, "Take this first step for a zero-waste lifestyle," 2 July 2019 By eliminating wasteful spending, which has lately come to mean taking on greedy private insurance companies and even greedier Big Pharma. — Catherine Rampell, The Denver Post, "Rampell: A question missing from the health-care debate: Will doctors make less money?," 4 Aug. 2019 The group is a non-profit that combats wasteful government spending on animal testing, and issued a report earlier this year showing U.S Department of Agriculture's lab in Maryland had been performing gruesome and fatal testing on cats. — NBC News, "Cats saved from gov't 'kitten slaughterhouse' visit Capitol to purr thank you," 26 July 2019 Her blog and book include recipes, easy substitutes for common disposable items, and ideas on how to shop and travel in a less wasteful way. — Andrea L. Dooley, SFChronicle.com, "Take this first step for a zero-waste lifestyle," 2 July 2019 Have a watermelon-eating contest Does smashing watermelons seem wasteful? — Arizona Republic, azcentral, "Summer in Arizona: Locals share 100 fun ways to survive the 100-degree heat in Phoenix," 1 July 2019 In addition to enhancing employer flexibility and worker choice, the HRA rule has the potential to reduce wasteful health care spending. — Brian Blase For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, "Trump's new rule will give businesses and workers better health care options," 13 June 2019 The Netherlands dominated possession throughout, but lacked a cutting edge up front with Memphis Depay particularly wasteful in front of goal. — Kieran Canning, chicagotribune.com, "The Netherlands outclass England to reach Nations League final," 6 June 2019 Changing the nation’s travel habits is much more complicated than simply throwing more federal dollars at the problem, especially with the nation’s history of incredibly expensive, and in some cases wasteful, infrastructure projects. — Patrick Sisson, Curbed, "Public transit’s missed opportunity," 20 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wasteful.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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