wasteful
Americanadjective
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given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure.
wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
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grossly extravagant; prodigal.
a wasteful party.
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devastating or destructive.
wasteful war.
adjective
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tending to waste or squander; extravagant
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causing waste, destruction, or devastation
Other Word Forms
- unwasteful adjective
- unwastefully adverb
- unwastefulness noun
- wastefully adverb
- wastefulness noun
Etymology
Origin of wasteful
Example Sentences
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An altercation with a nightclub bouncer in Wellington, a wasteful Ashes performance and a foolish attempt to hide the truth, for which he later had to come clean.
From BBC
The changes, championed by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, are designed to crack down on wasteful spending and improper payments to deceased individuals and people without legal residency status.
The tech companies will get a cut of the savings attributed to their reduction of wasteful spending, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said in a fact sheet External link.
From Barron's
Beyond wasteful projects, the crown prince has had accomplishments in the first decade of his Vision 2030 plan to transform the kingdom from dependence on oil.
He’d asked his aunt once if they could get burgers, but she said that paying for takeout was wasteful, and that she had spent enough money “cleaning up my little sister’s problems.”
From Literature
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