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English Dictionary: wastefulness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for wastefulness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wastefulness n the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities" Synonym(s): thriftlessness, waste, wastefulness useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources" Synonym(s): waste, wastefulness, dissipation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wasteful \Waste"ful\, a. 1. Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses. 2. Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition. 3. Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled. [Obs.] In wilderness and wasteful desert strayed. --Spenser. Syn: Lavish; profuse; prodigal; extravagant. -- {Waste"fully}, adv. -- {Waste"fulness}, n.