How to pronounce wasteful

Listen to wasteful in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“wasteful” in real sentences

283 clips in the index · 36 American · 89 British · 10 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. rounds are just wasteful.

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

  2. them is kind of wasteful.

    NSF · hear it here

  3. We do see wasteful spending.

    ABC News In-depth · hear it here

  4. And this is super wasteful.

    Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) · hear it here

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