wasteful — waste‧ful [ˈweɪstfl] adjective using things such as money, materials or energy in a way that is not sensible or effective: • Local government is seen as slow, wasteful, and incompetent. * * * wasteful UK US /ˈweɪstfəl/ adjective ► not being… … Financial and business terms
wasteful — index barren, careless, improvident, inordinate, intemperate, needless, prodigal, profligate (extravagant … Law dictionary
wasteful — 14c., from WASTE (Cf. waste) (n.) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Wastefully; wastefulness … Etymology dictionary
wasteful — [adj] not economical careless, cavalier, destructive, dissipative, extravagant, immoderate, improvident, incontinent, lavish, liberal, overdone, overgenerous, pound foolish*, prodigal, profligate, profuse, reckless, ruinous, spendthrift,… … New thesaurus
wasteful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose. DERIVATIVES wastefully adverb wastefulness noun … English terms dictionary
wasteful — [wāst′fəl] adj. using more than is necessary; extravagant wastefully adv. wastefulness n … English World dictionary
wasteful — adj. 1) wasteful of (wasteful of natural resources) 2) wasteful to + inf. (it s wasteful to use so much fuel) * * * [ weɪstf(ə)l] wasteful to + inf. (it s wasteful to use so much fuel) wasteful of (wasteful of natural resources) … Combinatory dictionary
wasteful — wastefully, adv. wastefulness, n. /wayst feuhl/, adj. 1. given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life. 2. grossly extravagant; prodigal: a wasteful party. 3. devastating or destructive … Universalium
wasteful — waste|ful [ˈweıstfəl] adj using more of something than you should, especially money, time, or effort ▪ a wasteful use of resources wasteful of ▪ The software is very wasteful of memory. >wastefully adv ▪ Lily had wastefully left the light on.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
wasteful — [[t]we͟ɪstfʊl[/t]] ADJ GRADED Action that is wasteful uses too much of something valuable such as time, money, or energy. This kind of training is ineffective, and wasteful of scarce resources... Try to avoid wasteful duplication of effort.… … English dictionary
