Sentence examples for wasteful step from inspiring English sources

One milestone was in the 1930s, when Procter & Gamble, then as now one of the world's best consumer goods firms, took the revolutionary and apparently wasteful step of allowing direct competition between its own brands.

This has the advantage of eliminating two wasteful steps: the conversion of the mechanical power of a windmill into electricity and its subsequent reconversion into mechanical power in a compressor.

This structure led to redundant, wasteful steps.

We sought to remove wasteful steps and duplication.

While they originally implied cutting out wasteful and unnecessary steps, the terms are often misapplied to the detriment of long-term reliability.

As intergovernmental institutions are urging others to curb their energy wasteful habits, what steps are they taking themselves to achieve that goal?

Doctors, nurses and hospitals have also taken steps to reduce wasteful treatments.

But Mr. Trump did not match those numbers with details about how the country would raise the money, other than a promise to take steps like reducing wasteful spending, which military budget analysts said would be insufficient.

Asked for details about the meeting, a spokesman for Mr. Geithner said: "As A.I.G.'s largest creditor, the New York Federal Reserve installed new management at A.I.G. in the fall of 2008 and directed the new C.E.O. to take steps to end wasteful spending by the company in order to protect taxpayers".

These examples of egregious waste will feature in visualizations and action items such as petitions so citizens can take steps to combat wasteful spending and improve our government.

Fry, as head of hydroponics hardware firm HydroGarden, believes it is the next step in reforming the wasteful, polluting, oil-dependent aspects of the farming industry, and preparing for future threats to food security.