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1. (adj.) wasteful
given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure:
a wasteful way of living.
2. wasteful
grossly extravagant; prodigal:
a wasteful party.
3. wasteful
devastating or destructive:
wasteful war.
Etymology: (1250–1300)
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| Definition of 'wasteful' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) uneconomical, wasteful
inefficient in use of time and effort and materials
"a clumsy and wasteful process"; "wasteful duplication of effort"; "uneconomical ebb and flow of power"
2. (adj) wasteful
tending to squander and waste
3. (adj) wasteful
laying waste
"when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespeare
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1. (adjective) wasteful
using too much of sth
wasteful spending of tax money
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| Definition of 'wasteful' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) wasteful
full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses
2. (adj) wasteful
expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition
3. (adj) wasteful
waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled
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Sense: involving or causing waste
Throwing away that bread is wasteful.
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 Afrikaans: vermorsend |
 Arabic: تَبْذيري، فيه مَضْيَعَه |
 Bulgarian: разточителен |
 Brazilian: desperdiçado |
 Czech: neúsporný |
 German: verschwenderisch |
 Danish: ødsel |
 Greek: σπάταλος |
 Spanish: derrochador, despilfarrad |
 Estonian: raiskajalik |
 Farsi: اسراف كار |
 Finnish: tuhlaavainen |
 French: gaspilleur |
 Hebrew: בְּזבּזָנִי |
 Hindi: बरबादी |
 Croatian: rastrošan, pust |
 Hungarian: pazarló |
 Indonesian: mubazir |
 Icelandic: eyðslusamur |
 Italian: sprecone spreco |
 Japanese: 不経済な |
 Korean: 헛된 |
 Lithuanian: nuostolingas, išlaidus |
 Latvian: izšķērdīgs |
 Malay: membazir |
 Dutch: verkwistend |
 Norwegian: uøkonomisk (sløsing) |
 Polish: rozrzutny, marnotrawny |
 Portuguese: desperdiçado |
 Romanian: risipitor |
 Russian: расточительный |
 Slovak: márnotratný |
 Slovenian: potraten |
 Serbian: rasipnički |
 Swedish: slösaktig |
 Thai: ซึ่งฟุ่มเฟือย; สิ้นเปลือง |
 Turkish: müsrif, savurgan |
 Taiwanese: (造成)浪費的 |
 Ukrainian: марнотратний |
 Urdu: فضول خرچ |
 Vietnamese: gây lãng phí |
 Chinese: 浪费的 |
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