'rampant consumption' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to describe a situation in which people or society are consuming something in an uncontrolled or excessive manner. For example: "The rampant consumption of fossil fuels is having a devastating effect on the environment."
While this means rampant consumption, it also means that design is becoming "less elitist and more democratic", insists Whitaker.
The other half comes from demands: from an ageing population, more expensive medical technologies, and a culture of rampant consumption.
That practice aside, in a country where tax evasion is rampant, consumption taxes are much easier to collect than income taxes.
The continued bad news has prompted Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to ask Iranians to embrace what he calls a "resistance economy", which means more reliance on domestic production and less rampant consumption of imports.
It is one of the primary causes of rampant consumption because every little unit of human beings has to buy all the appliances and expensive gadgets and toys, many of which are only used once in a blue moon.
Christopher Lasch's theory of narcissism -- the melding of reality and illusion brought on by the rampant consumption of images, the relentless attempts to validate oneself in light of the standards they perpetrate -- provides the solid foundation for her book, which is organized by decade.
To address this rampant power consumption, IBM's new "Intelligent Building Management" solution does something with all the data from smart devices that have proliferated through the years.
As dean, I had consciously avoided an addiction to the perks of power -- nice offices and expense accounts, rampant conspicuous consumption, and excessive sway over others -- so withdrawal is unlikely to be a problem.
In an era of rampant over-consumption, don't blame Wal-Mart for the 'Wal-Mart effect': blame its customers".
Rampant, earth-destroying consumption is the norm in the west largely because our imaginations are pillaged by any corporation with an advertising budget.
Held each fall, it is a kind of domestic version of study abroad that Baylor Johnson, the program's director, said aims to place students in an unfamiliar environment, and give them a break from what he called rampant consumerism and consumption of ecological resources.
