energy obesity

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noun

the practice of being wasteful of energy in the form of electricity, fossil fuels, etc, in one's day-to-day life

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Words nearby energy obesity

energy density, energy drink, energy efficiency ratio, energy gap, energy level, energy obesity, energy-smart, Energy Star Program, enervate, enervated, enervating

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How to use energy obesity in a sentence

I think a lot of it has to do with the attitude and the energy behind it and the honesty.
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Total oil production figures include crude oil, natural gas liquids, and other liquid energy products.
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Nor do these studies address the structural and systematic issues that contribute to obesity, such as poverty and stress.
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The energy economy has always been a fixture of Texas life, and that has not changed.
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Day by day, it drives people to distraction by diverting energy to mindless legal compliance.
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This is the first and principal point at which we can stanch the wastage of teaching energy that now goes on.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
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This may be done by taking the humming tone and bringing to bear upon it a strong pressure of energy.
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It was, of course, the suppressed emotional energy finding another outlet.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
She was putting her papers tidy again with calm fingers, while his own were almost cramped with the energy of suppressed desire.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood