knag, knaggy, wasteful. wastefulness, unbuttoned. topped the podium at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. But whatever Taiwan can offer him, Beijing can easily top.

經濟學人： 台積電在美台中角力平衡，不簡單，

紐約時報：....We don’t know what lies ahead with the unpredictable Mr. Trump. He considers himself a deal maker, so maybe he will strike some sort of bargain with us. But whatever Taiwan can offer him, Beijing can easily top.

~Taiwan Is Ready to Defend Democracy. Is Trump?

Max Verstappen Clinches Fourth Formula 1 World Championship in Las Vegas

Mercedes drivers George Russell and Lewis Hamilton topped the podium at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, but the Red Bull driver will finish the season at number one.

Mr Mantalini groaned slightly, and buttoned his trousers pocket.
'I am obliged,' continued Madame Mantalini, 'since our late misfortunes, to pay Miss Knag a great deal of money for having her name in the business, and I really cannot afford to encourage him in all his wastefulness. As I have no doubt that he came straight here, Mr Nickleby, to convert the papers I have spoken of, into money, and as you have assisted us very often before, and are very much connected with us in this kind of matters, I wish you to know the determination at which his conduct has compelled me to arrive.'

wasteful
/ˈweɪstf(ʊ)l/
adjective
(of a person, action, or process) using or expending something of value carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.
"wasteful energy consumption"

unbuttoned
(ŭn-bŭt'nd)
adj.

1. Not buttoned.
2. Free and unrestrained in expression: unbuttoned humor. 
3.  unbuttoned moods 不拘形跡 之心境
   

unbutton

  音節

ùn • bútton

unbuttonの変化形

unbuttoned (過去形) • unbuttoned (過去分詞) • unbuttoning (現在分詞) • unbuttons (三人称単数現在)

[動](他)

1 〈ボタンを〉はずす；〈人・衣服の〉ボタンをはずす.

2 ((略式))〈心（の中）を〉打ち明ける

unbutton one's lips
心中を打ち明ける.

━━(自)ボタンをはずす.

knag

[名]（木の）節；（木製の）ペグ.

knag・y

[形]


knaggy (NAG-ee)

adjective: Knotty; rough; rugged.

Etymology
From Middle English knag (knot). Earliest documented use: 1552.

Usage
"Despite all odds, quarry boys do not spare a minute to chase flies or gaze at knaggy taxi drivers." — Living on Stones; Cameroon Tribune (Yaound?); Oct 17, 2005.