wastefulness
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- noun
- /ˈweɪstfəl.nəs/
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despilfarro
- The ideas behind sustainability inevitably highlight the wastefulness and ecological insensitivity of mainstream American society, and they somehow suggest the necessity of adopting a "lifestyle" that is at once more Spartan and more expensive, all in the service of some vague benefit to "the planet" and to "future generations."
Examples
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Lack of transparency and accountability has predictably encouraged wastefulness and perhaps corruption.
Academic text (1997) -
Rather than worry about the wastefulness, I should revel in the abundance as I watch death recreate itself to life again.
Blog text (30) -
And finally, the wastefulness of it all makes me cry.
Blog text (4) -
Yes, Speaker Plopp, an excellent example of the wastefulness of war.
Fiction book (1999) -
Say what you will about the wastefulness of it, there was no way that this system was going to cross the continent in more than one piece.
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Now he tells her how much she would hate it: the wastefulness, the enforced merriment.
Fiction book (2002) -
Hariri is in a "state of shock" after discovering the severe corruption and wastefulness of the people closest to him.
Blog text (29) -
Reflecting on the wastefulness and irresponsibility he saw at Hanford seemed to drive him politically to the fight during the years after he resigned.
Academic text (2007) -
I'm terribly concerned about the extravagance and wastefulness of so much of what I see in these aisles, and I'm hoping you can set me straight on what's good and what's bad for the environment as well as my pocketbook.
Fiction book (1995) -
Many people are concerned about the wastefulness of food in wealthy countries, where perfectly good meals are thrown away.
Synonyms
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Careless use of money, time, or other resources
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Spending a lot of money in a wasteful way
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A very wasteful use of money or things that shows little care about cost
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Loss of materials or food that could have been used
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Using valuable things like time or money in a wasteful way
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Spending a lot of money in a wasteful, careless way
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Careless use of resources like time or money
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Using or throwing away materials so usable parts are lost
A habit of wasting money by buying things you do not need
A habit of spending money and not saving for the future
Antonyms
How Wasteful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wastefulness comes from the simple word waste, which means 'to use or throw away carelessly', as in 'waste time' or 'waste money', plus the ending -ness that turns a word into a state or quality. So wastefulness is the habit or quality of using things carelessly and causing unnecessary loss.