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wasteful

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈweɪstfəl/

Definition of wasteful

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. 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.”
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adj

  1. 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.”
  2. (obsolete)Uninhabited, desolate.
    “Shortly vnto the vvaſtefull vvoods ſhe came, / VVhereas ſhe found the Goddeſſe vvith her crevv, […]”

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Etymology

From Middle English wastful; equivalent to waste + -ful.

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