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Definition of 'wastefulness'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) thriftlessness, waste, wastefulness
the trait of wasting resources
"a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"

2. (noun) waste, wastefulness, dissipation
useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
"if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"

Translation of 'wastefulness'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: involving or causing waste Throwing away that bread is wasteful.
Afrikaans: vermorsendheid	Arabic: إضاعَه، تَبْذير	Bulgarian: разточеителност
Brazilian: desperdício	Czech: rozhazovačnost	German: die Verschwendung
Danish: ødselhed	Greek: σπατάλη	Spanish: desperdicio; derroche, de
Estonian: raiskamine	Farsi: اسراف كاري	Finnish: tuhlaavaisuus
French: manque d'économie	Hebrew: בִּזבּוּז	Hindi: फुजुलखर्ची
Croatian: rastrošnost, pustoš	Hungarian: könnyelműség	Indonesian: kemubaziran
Icelandic: eyðslusemi	Italian: spreco	Japanese: むだ
Korean: 헛됨	Lithuanian: eikvojimas,švaistymas	Latvian: izšķērdība
Malay: sifat membazir	Dutch: verspilling	Norwegian: sløseri, dårlig økonomi
Polish: marnotrawstwo	Portuguese: desperdício	Romanian: risipă
Russian: расточительность	Slovak: márnotratnosť	Slovenian: potratnost
Serbian: rasipništvo	Swedish: slösaktighet	Thai: ความฟุ่มเฟือย
Turkish: israf, ziyankârlık	Taiwanese: 浪費	Ukrainian: марнотратство
Urdu: فضول خرچی	Vietnamese: sự gây ra lãng phí	Chinese: 浪费
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