Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a wasteful manner; lavishly; prodigally.
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- adverb In a
wasteful manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree
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Examples
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Either I must throw overboard all my old values of money and look upon it as something to be flung about wastefully, or I must throw overboard my comradeship with these men whose peculiar quirks made them like strong drink.
Chapter 9 2010
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A steward is respectful of his charge and does not abuse it or use it wastefully.
Democrats declare war on West Virginia. Again. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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"We decided not to institute an autumn mass advertising campaign to encourage flu vaccination, because this would have wastefully focused on the entire population when only at-risk groups are being invited for vaccination," Lansley said.
Most pregnant women have not had flu jab, Andrew Lansley admits 2011
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Research by the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care documents that, on average, more than 40% of Americans are not receiving the care most likely to help them and that, even when they do, it is often provided wastefully.
More Transparency, Better Health Care George Shultz 2011
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Does “driving normally” mean “driving wastefully”?
Archive 2009-01-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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Davis saved from Beckford, and the Leicester substitute Nathan Delfouneso, signed on loan from Aston Villa, blazed over before Lee Holmes was wastefully wide late on to sum up Saints' night.
Southampton 0-2 Leicester City | Championship match report 2012
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It just expends your energy wastefully—purposelessly.
Recovering From Religious Abuse Jack Watts 2011
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In sum, if forms that should have been filled out in triplicate were, wastefully, filled out in quadruplicate, or alternatively, filled out malfeasantly in duplicate, I will leave no stone unturned to identify the culprits.
Green Energy's Mr. Fixit Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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It just expends your energy wastefully—purposelessly.
Recovering From Religious Abuse Jack Watts 2011
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To him slogging is "going cocoa" while Australia's habit of wastefully sticking to a middle-stump line was because they were "straining to get poles", or guilelessly only interested in bowling batsmen out.
Aussie cricket commentators have been a breath of fresh air on air | Rob Bagchi 2011
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