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• s  inefficient in use of time and effort and materials
  a clumsy and wasteful process
  wasteful duplication of effort
• a  tending to squander and waste
• s  laying waste
  when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespeare

• It's called the efficiency paradox: as we get more efficient at using energy through less wasteful cars and appliances the overall cost of energy goes down, but we respond .
• Palin has continued to repeat the already exposed lie that she said "No, thanks" to the famous "bridge to nowhere" (McCain's favorite example of wasteful federal spending).
• Their exponential growth is a symptom of the larger problem of wasteful spending, but blaming the earmark process for wasteful spending is like blaming the Internet for porn.

• uneconomical

• thrifty

News & Articles

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• Derrick Goold on Cliff Lee
  In his Monday chat on STLtoday.com, Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derrick Goold was asked if it would be "wasteful" for the Cardinals to trade for bullpen help this summer.
  June 11, 2013 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Memphis City Council considers tougher 'false alarm' laws
  In an attempt to plug the drain on wasteful spending, the Memphis City Council is considering tougher false alarm laws than ones currently in place.
  June 11, 2013 - WMCTV Memphis
• Senate's new farm bill will waste billions on subsidies, critics say
  To deficit hawks and critics of American farm policy, they are a clear example of wasteful government spending, lavishly rewarding farmers beyond what is necessary or fiscally prudent.
  June 10, 2013 - Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• John Shadegg in Forbes
  Congress refuses to reign in its wasteful spending or curb its corruption,said Rep. John Shadegg, R-Ariz.
• John Boehner in USA Today
  It appears that congressional Democrats have made a bad bill worse by reducing tax relief for working families to pay for more wasteful government spending,said House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio.
• President Bush in Bloomberg
  I am instructing Budget Director Jim Nussle to review options for dealing with wasteful spending in the omnibus bill,Bush said at a press conference in Washington.