Sentence examples for conspicuous waste from inspiring English sources

The point of a private school in the U.S.A. is to represent in its curriculum the purest conspicuous waste.

A totem of conspicuous waste, it is the destination toward which all twenty-eight characters are directed.

He conceded that the advantage was only temporary, however, because the German economy would eventually develop its own system of conspicuous waste.

Of course: Minaj's stardom is – like Lady Gaga's – half about conspicuous waste, being able to throw away ideas others might mine for half a short career.

Henceforth, "building" was associated with the notion of cheapness, whereas "architecture" was associated with what John Ruskin would have called "sacrifice" (but which his antagonists would have called conspicuous waste).

I found it an engrossing enough experience, and was impressed by Spike Lee's ability to create visual traumas and violence without all the usual conspicuous waste in terms of special effects, explosions, carnage and so forth.

Metallurgical operations (smelting, calcination, gravity concentration) carried out during the late nineteenth century–early twentieth century induced significant land transformation, and the most conspicuous wastes of this period consist of a chaotic piling of 'old' tailing deposits.

Chelsea's conspicuous consumption and waste is mind boggling.

His most conspicuous form of waste, however, is gambling.

A corollary of the dual characteristics of goods is that such conspicuous consumption is "waste".

Indeed, conspicuous consumption and waste are an important part of social display.