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were wasteful

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Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.

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Chelsea were wasteful against a determined yet limited Everton.

But the Eagles were wasteful in front of goal.

Since the rich also benefited from them, they were wasteful.

The home side dominated after the break but were wasteful.

Negredo and Gastón Ramírez, meanwhile, were wasteful in front of goal.

For all their dominance after the break they were wasteful and clumsy in possession.

They were wasteful in possession and, as Mourinho had warned, still lacked a clear identity.

The auditors found that the books were in order, but that many expenditures were wasteful.

The hosts had numerous chances to take all three points, but they were wasteful in front of goal.

All those short passes, those indulgent dribbles, those loving caresses of the ball were wasteful, he implied.

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