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wastefulness

 

  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]: 
 
  wastefulness 
  n  1:  the  trait  of  wasting  resources;  "a  life  characterized  by 
  thriftlessness  and  waste";  "the  wastefulness  of  missed 
  opportunities"  [syn:  {thriftlessness},  {waste}] 
  2:  useless  or  profitless  activity;  using  or  expending  or 
  consuming  thoughtlessly  or  carelessly:  "if  the  effort 
  brings  no  compensating  gain  it  is  a  waste";  "mindless 
  dissipaton  of  natural  resources"  [syn:  {waste},  {dissipation}]




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