Sentence examples for deemed wasteful from inspiring English sources

Mr. Coburn cited a variety of items in the program that he deemed wasteful, and sought to cut the total program funding by 20 percent.

In the US, the fashion for baggy zoot suits among black and Hispanic men especially was deemed wasteful in wartime, and led to the "zoot suit riots", in which white servicemen beat up men wearing oversized suits in Los Angeles.

Carter also vetoed a public works appropriations bill because he wasn't a fan of water projects that he deemed wasteful government spending.

A mayor-council government has been in place in Tulsa since 1989 when the city converted from a city commission government deemed wasteful and less efficient.

The union's president, Joe Del Grosso, refused to sign off on a $30 million grant proposal to the Obama administration under the federal "Race to the Top" program because he felt it would fund projects he deemed wasteful.

Our taxes have been used to fund huge deficits for wars and corporate bailouts, while spending for "soft," traditionally "women's work" of healthcare, teaching, and early childhood education has been deemed wasteful -- even though it is the most cost-effective investment a nation can make.

In recent years, the government has been trying to crack down on what it deems wasteful spending on "luxurious" local government buildings, highways to nowhere and so-called image projects that are constructed in poverty-stricken areas.

The creative agency for SodaStream is called Common, and its founders and senior executives include Alex Bogusky, the former creative wunderkind at Crispin Porter & Bogusky who is refashioning himself as a crusader against products that he deems wasteful, unhealthy or environmentally unsound.

If I knew exactly how long I had left, those moments of faffing would be deemed too wasteful.

With sunk costs aplenty that can fade from use after a fanfare debut – George W Bush's library in Dallas has already been deemed a "wasteful" albatross – he said "they are ultimately shrines that are used for a 'final campaign' by presidents for a better place in history".

For M2M applications with small data transmission, establishing RRC connection and network connection to transmit several bits is deemed as wasteful.