wastefulness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wastefulness
Noun
  • Your laughter, your spirit, generosity, humor, cheekiness, courage and loyalty is an incredible gift to me.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 28 May 2025
  • What Thornton is striving toward, an embrace of generosity, of humanity being able to change what faith and religion even mean, is often moving.
    Ella Kemp, IndieWire, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • For many Black people, having a tailor is not an extravagance, but a necessity.
    Tariro Mzezewa, New York Times, 2 May 2025
  • For years, city officials have treated lawns as a wasteful extravagance.
    Edward Ring, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Wastefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wastefulness. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.

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