wasteful
Meaning of wasteful
adjective
- (of a person, action, or process) using or expending something of value carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.
wasteful energy consumption
Information about wasteful
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of wasteful
waste-ful
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- wasteful is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
wasteful synonyms
Meaning uneconomical:
Meaning spending money or using resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant:
Meaning recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources:
Meaning lacking restraint in spending money or using resources:
Meaning sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious:
Meaning more than is necessary, normal, or desirable; immoderate:
Meaning not giving sufficient attention or thought to avoiding harm or errors:
Meaning not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash:
Meaning not having or showing foresight; spendthrift or thoughtless:
Meaning heedless of danger or the consequences of one's actions; rash or impetuous:
Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) spending money in an extravagant and wasteful way:
Meaning a person who spends money in an extravagant, irresponsible way:
Meaning waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner:
Meaning (of something undesirable) not necessary because avoidable:
Meaning not fulfilling or not expected to achieve the intended purpose or desired outcome:
wasteful antonyms
Meaning using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully:
Meaning sparing or economical as regards money or food:
Translation of wasteful
- Spanish: extravagante, derrochador, derrochadora
- German: verschwenderisch
- French: gaspilleur, prodigue, dépensier, dissipateur
- Italian: spendaccione, prodigo, dissipatore, scialacquatore
Anagrams of wasteful
Words that rhyme with wasteful
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