wasteful
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3.0
- adjective
- /ˈweɪstfəl/
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- One might think, for instance, that these artists share a critical stance on wasteful consumerism.
- wasteful spending
- wasteful use of resources
- wasteful consumption
So is it energetically wasteful there?
- So is it energetically wasteful there?
- Does Doge shine the light on the wasteful spending?
- This is why we are a wasteful nation.
- I'm sure there is some spending in there that is wasteful and that could be cut.
- Maybelline has not gotten the memo yet about being a little less wasteful with their packaging.
- People say people always say, oh, oh, well, electric vehicles are just as wasteful as gas.
- And they will often berate and shame their partners for being wasteful.
- The first method is the easiest method is also the most wasteful method.
- I mean, but to the point being, he's very conscious of not being wasteful.
- OK, so that has been the whole whole industries have spotted up to clean up after wasteful manufacturing processes, wasteful end of life.
- OK, so that has been the whole whole industries have sprouted up to clean up after wasteful manufacturing processes, wasteful end of life.
- So we've got this criminally wasteful amount of foam in a box to ship the CPU to go with the wasteful use of sand.
- There's nothing to do with corruption or overreach or wasteful spending or, or anything that's legally controversial.
- And actually, they're reviled by, from what I understand, by native hunters above the Arctic Circle for being wasteful hunters.
- What we need to fix is our broken, wasteful system regarding the use of capital, both human and financial.
- See, The thing is, he's not he's not a wasteful cursor, right?
Examples
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They considered the company's wasteful practices to be harmful to the environment.
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The purpose of regulation was to end wasteful competition.
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Anyway, it just, it looks so pretty and it just seems wasteful to pull it out for fall plants.
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I'm sure there is some spending in there that is wasteful and that could be cut.
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It's bad for the restaurant, it's wasteful for food, and it's bad hospitality.
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These losses are of course wasteful, hold a country back, and cost taxpayers money.
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The challenge is to discourage the use of wasteful products and packaging.
Academic text (1994) -
The investment complex, with about 400 billion rubles tied up in it, is wasteful and inefficient.
Academic text (1991) -
If we continue with wasteful consumption, we will deplete our resources faster than anticipated.
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Cutting out wasteful expenses will help the organization save more money for important projects.
Synonyms
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3.5
Not using time, work, or money well
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7.1
Spending much more money than is needed
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9.6
Spends money or uses resources wastefully and shows little care about right and wrong
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6.7
Not making enough money to be worth doing
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5.6
Something that wastes a lot of money, time, or energy
Not careful with money, spending more than needed
Spending money or using things in a wasteful way
Antonyms
How Wasteful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word wasteful comes from the old word waste, which once meant 'to destroy' or 'leave empty' and is related to vast meaning 'empty'. So, someone who is wasteful uses more than they need, as if they were throwing things away.