Example sentences for: wasteful

How can you use “wasteful” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Indeed it is an amusing, albeit utterly wasteful pastime to pursue the quest for Red Pants examples.

  • Governments may be wasteful in managing money, but the only evidence GS provides is in the story of Louis XV, who, when accused of spending too much, said, "After me, the deluge."

  • Donations feed its wasteful bureaucracy, not starving children.

  • Two things, however, that you missed in "Paste Test": Colgate Total makes your tongue numb (I've tested this with a friend), and Mentadent/pump pastes in general are hugely wasteful.

  • The law encourages wasteful spending and intrusive investigations: "Since 1990, eight independent counsels have spent a total of more than $80 million."


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