About The Word Wasteful
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Wasteful
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What's The Definition Of Wasteful?
[adj] laying waste; "when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespeare
[adj] inefficient in use of time and effort and materials; "a clumsy and wasteful process"; "wasteful duplication of effort"; "uneconomical ebb and flow of power" [adj] tending to squander and waste Synonyms | Synonyms for Wasteful: destructive | extravagant | inefficient | pound-foolish | prodigal | profligate | spendthrift | uneconomic | uneconomical Related Terms | Find terms related to Wasteful: See Also | improvident Wasteful In Webster's Dictionary \Waste"ful\, a.
1. Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as,
wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses.
2. 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. Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled. [Obs.]
In wilderness and wasteful desert strayed.
--Spenser.
Syn: Lavish; profuse; prodigal; extravagant. --
{Waste"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Waste"ful*ness}, n.
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