wasteful
adjective /ˈweɪst.fəl/ disapprovingDefinition
› using something in a careless way and causing some of it to be wasted: It's wasteful the way you throw so much food away!Wasting wastefully /-i/ adverb disapproving
(Definition of wasteful adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- boondoggle noun
- dissipate verb
- down the drain idiom
- fritter sth away phrasal verb
- gluttonous adjective
- lose verb (NOT HAVE)
- piss sth away phrasal verb
- prodigal adjective
- profligate adjective
- reinvent the wheel idiom
- squander verb
- throw sth away phrasal verb
- toss sth away phrasal verb
- uneconomic adjective
- wastage noun
- waste not, want not idiom
- waste noun (BAD USE)
- waste verb (USE BADLY)
- wasted adjective (BADLY USED)
- waster noun
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