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Meanings of
wasteful
in English
Spanish
derrochador
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Tending to squander and waste.
lavish
thrifty
Related terms
extravagant
prodigal
profligate
spendthrift
improvident
uneconomic
pound-foolish
Spanish
derrochador
Inefficient in use of time and effort and materials.
uneconomical
Related terms
inefficient
Wasteful.
Related terms
destructive
Usage of
wasteful
in English
1
Shopping trips to New York, for example, are completely decadent and
wasteful
.
2
Figueres also lambasted the
wasteful
use of energy, particularly in the US.
3
The problem was that unlike Donegal, they were very
wasteful
in attack.
4
Years of
wasteful
investment has created eyesores and a mountain of debt.
5
But critics say it is bloated, inefficient and
wasteful
of public money.
6
The feedback loop just wouldn't be strong enough to change
wasteful
behaviors.
7
They must learn proportion in some things, to stop being so
wasteful
.
8
Surely, it's
wasteful
to use gas in this fashion on the Moon.
9
But what some people thought was luxury, I thought was just
wasteful
.
10
It was inefficient and
wasteful
and resulted in too many needless deaths.
11
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called the new vehicle program
wasteful
spending.
12
I remember I flung away the cigar with a certain
wasteful
symbolism.
13
Hattori explained many factories could start by tackling the
wasteful
dye-to-water ratio.
14
Sometimes creativity seems
wasteful
,
illogical... unless it's done for a greater purpose.
15
It's
wasteful
to buy something new that we won't ever wear again.
16
That is a shallow and
wasteful
use of the resources of art.
Other examples for "wasteful"
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wasteful
Adjective
Frequent collocations
wasteful spending
wasteful expenditure
less wasteful
so wasteful
very wasteful
More collocations
Translations for
wasteful
Spanish
derrochador
derrochar
Wasteful
through the time
Wasteful
across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common