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be wasteful
adjective
Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
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There may have been a lot of waste in the process - but it's better to be wasteful pursuing something good for society than not be wasteful in pursuing one's own self gratification.
"Don't be wasteful," he says.
And we really try not to be wasteful.
The group said the plan would be wasteful and dangerous.
This would be wasteful, especially if the individual runs are time-consuming or expensive.
This leaded to substantial increase in capital and running cost, which can be wasteful.
Thus, the time and expense of a lodestar calculation may be wasteful.
A first-round pick, for most of these teams, would be wasteful.
But as the price per gallon rises, it is also more expensive to be wasteful.
As you say, it can be wasteful to leave a lot of food on your plate.
But because it costs almost nothing to make things, digitally, we can afford to be wasteful.
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