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wasteful
[weyst-fuhl]
adjective
given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure.
wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
grossly extravagant; prodigal.
a wasteful party.
devastating or destructive.
wasteful war.
wasteful
/ ˈɱɪٴʊ /
adjective
tending to waste or squander; extravagant
causing waste, destruction, or devastation
Other Word Forms
- wastefully adverb
- wastefulness noun
- unwasteful adjective
- unwastefully adverb
- unwastefulness noun
- ˈɲٱڳܱ adverb
- ˈɲٱڳܱԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The initiative aims to cut wasteful spending in the councils Reform now controls.
My character is really out there, not out there willy-nilly, but she will yell at people if they are being rude, wasteful or if she feels it’s unjust.
The scheme, modelled on the Doge unit created by billionaire Elon Musk as part of Donald Trump's second term as US president, aims to identify and eliminate wasteful spending.
For 130 days, tech billionaire Elon Musk was a "special government employee" working inside the Trump administration to slash what he said were wasteful government programmes and bloated departments.
Agency for International Development, canceling thousands of government-funded foreign aid programs they considered wasteful.
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