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Significados de wastefulness en inglés

portugués
desperdício
catalán
dissipació
español
despilfarro

Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly.

despilfarro
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Examples for "waste"
Examples for "waste"
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In Europe alone we waste 90 million tonnes of food a year.
The Irish Times
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More funding is being proposed to tackle New Zealand's growing waste problem.
Radio NZ
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Examples of action that can be taken include: -Household food waste.
The Guardian
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Earlier this year China decided to stop taking any more foreign waste.
Radio NZ
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The economic crisis is rooted in decades of state corruption and waste.
Reuters
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Serious Materials' QuietHome doors seek to put the kibosh on sound dissipation.
Wired
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The proximity of horse-racing establishments adds to the general atmosphere of dissipation.
The Amateur Poacher
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In the chief cities of the cantons, debauchery and dissipation were rife.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 / The Later Ren...
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He omits his regular training and indulges in all kinds of dissipation.
Nature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease...
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That duty may be a hobby; it may even be a dissipation.
Heretics
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Young as he was, Dick felt the absolute thriftlessness of this proceeding.
The Blue Lagoon
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To show the thriftlessness of the people, Mr. Sikes mentioned the following instance.
Thrift
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There she spoke, with a censure no doubt deserved, of thriftlessness and ingratitude.
"The Ladies": A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty
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Hamilton was poor, Judith the mainstay of a household whose thriftlessness had become a proverb.
Judith of the Plains
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Laziness, irresponsibility, and thriftlessness figure in from ten to fifteen per cent of charity cases.
Problems in American Democracy
Uso de wastefulness en inglés
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Carelessness is the twin sister of wastefulness; they go hand in hand.
Community Civics and Rural Life
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In this war, more than in other campaigns, the wastefulness is apparent.
With the Allies
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It's an antidote to wastefulness and to the need for immediate gratification.
The art of mending: a novel
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She commented severely upon the wastefulness of always having pastry for dinner.
The Telegraph Boy
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I will now be compelled to pay for the wastefulness of others.
The Irish Times
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Marguerite halted on the threshold, petrified at this tremendous wastefulness, and exclaimed:-
Les Misérables
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Properly viewed, it is an extravagant wastefulness which no farmer can afford.
Cattle and Their Diseases / Embracing Their History and Breeds, ...
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Whether this is true or not, Americans have a reputation for wastefulness.
Community Civics and Rural Life
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The core problem behind this wastefulness is the convoluted way we consume protein.
Wired
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A similar wastefulness formerly prevailed in Russia, though not from the same cause.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action
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It has lifted the farmer above the wastefulness of being his own errand-boy.
The History of the Telephone
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Our consciousness is also raised by the cruelty and wastefulness of natural selection.
The portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever
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Blackburn's efficiency was highlighted in a few seconds following Fulham wastefulness.
The Guardian
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This might snowball into feeling a bit more irritation and upset about wastefulness.
Ebony
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Nothing reveals the sculptural opulence of Italy like this apparent wastefulness.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XV...
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It was said on page 176 that wastefulness is our chief national sin.
Community Civics and Rural Life
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portugués
desperdício
Wastefulness a través del tiempo
Wastefulness por variante geográfica
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