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Wasteful

//ˈweɪstfəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.

    "As a narrative, competition of the type seen between the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) and the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) was seen as wasteful, with duplicate routes reflecting an unnecessary use of resources."

  2. 2
    Uninhabited, desolate. obsolete

    "Shortly vnto the vvaſtefull vvoods ſhe came, / VVhereas ſhe found the Goddeſſe vvith her crevv, […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    laying waste wordnet
  2. 2
    inefficient in use of time and effort and materials wordnet
  3. 3
    tending to squander and waste wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English wastful; equivalent to waste + -ful.

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