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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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
The biggest xG underperformer in the league, only three players have been more wasteful than Mateta across Europe's top five leagues.
From BBC
Xi has indicated over the years that he has deep-rooted philosophical objections to Western-style consumerism, seeing it as wasteful.
Estimated to cost around a billion euros, unions and some art critics have called the project wasteful.
From Barron's
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