wastefully in a sentence
Examples
- This area was laid out very generously ( arguably wastefully ) at very low densities, an attitude seemingly derivative of Edinburgh having gained the land for free.
- They see opposition to stern measures as the last gasp of failing " Asian style " capitalism that produced rapid growth only by wastefully mobilizing domestic savings.
- But the Montero, sold mainly in overseas markets where V8s are seen as wastefully excessive, must fend for itself with a 3.5-liter V6.
- Whereas Warren and Lucille Wright were notoriously miserly ( " I made a fortune saving money, " he said ), Lundy spent lavishly and wastefully.
- In the second half, Antoine Sibierski had a header well saved by Paul Robinson and Anelka shot wastefully over the bar before Leeds broke away for the winner.
- Stating that coal " was used wastefully and extravagantly in all its applications ", he predicted in 1863 that Britain would cease to produce coal within two centuries.
- Although enemy attack on either was unlikely, it could not be discounted, and Britain had been forced to wastefully maintain defensive forces, including the Bermuda Garrison.
- "The federal government needlessly and wastefully classified and then withheld from public access countless important records that did not require such treatment, " the report said.
- It was known that cells ramp up their production of the enzymes that do these steps when exposed to lactose, rather than wastefully producing these enzymes all the time.
- So, according to the wiktionary ( and, I'm sure, English dictionaries in general ), spendthrift = someone who spends money wastefully or not carefully.