"consumption" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- My salvaging pays homage even as I wage war against wasteful consumption.
- Ecosystems are being stressed to the breaking point by the greedy, wasteful consumption of the Western lifestyle and its would-be imitators.
- The Greek capital is facing severe water shortages as a result of prolonged drought, wasteful consumption, and losses from an ageing distribution network.
- Other parts of the world are still agrarian with just an appropriate amount of industry and markets serving it by producing for needful, not wasteful, consumption.
- But mostly the Government is accused of dipping too heartily into the national savings pool for what amounts to wasteful consumption.
- On the other hand, she said, she saw in the late 1990's a great deal of excess, conspicuous and wasteful consumption.
- "The message here is clear: while some of us practice wasteful consumption, others cannot consume enough to survive."
- But we are also shocked by wasteful consumption, that seems to satisy no needs and to bring no benefits.
- Generous coverage, they contend, long gave Americans and their doctors a perverse incentive to indulge in wasteful consumption of expensive drugs and diagnostic tests.
- He favored using America's natural resources, but opposed wasteful consumption.
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