Wasteful
1Wasteful — Waste ful, a. 1. Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses. [1913 Webster] 2. Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner;… …
2wasteful — waste‧ful [ˈweɪstfl] adjective using things such as money, materials or energy in a way that is not sensible or effective: • Local government is seen as slow, wasteful, and incompetent. * * * wasteful UK US /ˈweɪstfəl/ adjective ► not being… …
3wasteful — index barren, careless, improvident, inordinate, intemperate, needless, prodigal, profligate (extravagant …
4wasteful — 14c., from WASTE (Cf. waste) (n.) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Wastefully; wastefulness …
5wasteful — [adj] not economical careless, cavalier, destructive, dissipative, extravagant, immoderate, improvident, incontinent, lavish, liberal, overdone, overgenerous, pound foolish*, prodigal, profligate, profuse, reckless, ruinous, spendthrift,… …
6wasteful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose. DERIVATIVES wastefully adverb wastefulness noun …
7wasteful — [wāst′fəl] adj. using more than is necessary; extravagant wastefully adv. wastefulness n …
8wasteful — adj. 1) wasteful of (wasteful of natural resources) 2) wasteful to + inf. (it s wasteful to use so much fuel) * * * [ weɪstf(ə)l] wasteful to + inf. (it s wasteful to use so much fuel) wasteful of (wasteful of natural resources) …
9wasteful — wastefully, adv. wastefulness, n. /wayst feuhl/, adj. 1. given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life. 2. grossly extravagant; prodigal: a wasteful party. 3. devastating or destructive …
10wasteful — waste|ful [ˈweıstfəl] adj using more of something than you should, especially money, time, or effort ▪ a wasteful use of resources wasteful of ▪ The software is very wasteful of memory. >wastefully adv ▪ Lily had wastefully left the light on.… …
