wastefully

[US]/'weistfəli/
[UK]/ˈ westfəlɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. in a manner that involves excessive or unnecessary expenditure or consumption; without conservation or frugality

Real-world Examples

Yes. The estate has been run very wastefully for many years.

Source: Downton Abbey Season 3

They're killed as by-catch and most sadly and I think most wastefully, they're killed for just their fins.

Source: CNN 10 Student English February 2017 Collection

Yes. The estate has been run very wastefully for many years. - I won't listen to this! - Now, come on, Jarvis. If I can listen to it, so can you.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Segmented Version) Season 3

It was a self-absorption with no comfort, a demand for expression with no outlet, a sense of time rushing by, ceaselessly and wastefully—assuaged only by that conviction that there was nothing to waste, because all efforts and attainments were equally valueless.

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 1)

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