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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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"ful*ly},  adv  --  {Waste"ful*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wasteful 
  adj  1:  inefficient  in  use  of  time  and  effort  and  materials;  "a 
  clumsy  and  wasteful  process";  "wasteful  duplication  of 
  effort";  "uneconomical  ebb  and  flow  of  power"  [syn:  {uneconomical}] 
  2:  tending  to  squander  and  waste  [ant:  {thrifty}] 
  3:  laying  waste;  "when  wasteful  war  shall  statues  overturn"- 
  Shakespeare




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