Wasteful
11wasteful — [[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.… …
12wasteful — waste•ful [[t]ˈweɪst fəl[/t]] adj. 1) given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: a wasteful way of living[/ex] 2) grossly extravagant; prodigal: a wasteful party[/ex] 3) devastating or destructive: wasteful war[/ex] •… …
13wasteful — /ˈweɪstfəl/ (say waystfuhl) adjective 1. given to or characterised by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods of living. 2. squandering, or grossly extravagant. 3. devastating or destructive: wasteful war. –wastefully, adverb… …
14wasteful — adj. Wasteful is used with these nouns: ↑duplication, ↑system …
15wasteful — adjective using things such as money, energy, or work in a way that wastes them: It s wasteful to throw so much away. wastefully adverb: Half the world s energy is wastefully burned. wastefulness noun (U) …
16wasteful — adjective a wasteful use of fuel Syn: prodigal, profligate, uneconomical, inefficient, extravagant, lavish, excessive, imprudent, improvident, intemperate; thriftless, spendthrift; needless, useless Ant: frugal …
17wasteful expenditure — index misapplication Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
18wasteful — adjective Date: 14th century given to or marked by waste ; lavish, prodigal • wastefully adverb • wastefulness noun …
19wasteful — adjective Inclined to waste or squander money or resources …
20wasteful — Synonyms and related words: baneful, calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, consuming, consumptive, deadly, demolishing, demolitionary, depredatory, desolating, destroying, destructive, devastating, disastrous, dissipative, doomful,… …
