wasteful
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wasteful
- /ˈweɪstfəl/
Rhymes with -eɪstfəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English wastful; equivalent to waste + -ful.
adjective more wasteful · most wasteful
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Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
As a narrative, competition of the type seen between the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) and the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) was seen as wasteful, with duplicate routes reflecting an unnecessary use of resources.
Similar: prodigal, profligate, extravagant, improvident, imprudent, lavish, loose-handed, reckless, spendthrift, squandering, uneconomical, unthrifty · Opposite: unwasteful
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Uninhabited, desolate.
Shortly vnto the vvaſtefull vvoods ſhe came, / VVhereas ſhe found the Goddeſſe vvith her crevv, […]
Similar: deserted, peopleless, beingless, desert, howling, desolate, disinhabited, inhabitantless, inhabited, lifeless, solitary, tenantless
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pound-foolish, spendthrift, profligate, destructive, prodigal, extravagant, inefficient, uneconomic, uneconomical, wastage, vicious, damaging, detrimental, harmful, malignant, ruinous
Translations
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adj inclined to waste
| Español | derrochador, despilfarrador, malgastador, manirroto, botarate |
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| 日本語 | 不経済な fukeizai na |
| 中文 | 浪費 /浪费 làngfèi |
| Português | desperdiçador |
| Français | dépensier, gaspilleur, dilapidateur |
| Deutsch | verschwenderisch |
| Italiano | prodigo |
| Română | risipitor |
| Русский | расточи́тельный rastočítelʹnyj |
Talk about this word "wasteful." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wasteful. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. wasteful. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wasteful "wasteful." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wasteful.Cite this
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title = {wasteful},
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