It's wasteful to leave the land lying idle.
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Wasteful
//ˈweɪstfəl//
Synonyms for "wasteful" (85 found)
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Related words (42)
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1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
14 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 21 languages.
Azerbaijani
2 entries- bədxərc adj (inclined to waste)
- israfcıl adj (inclined to waste)
Bulgarian
2 entries- прахоснически adj (inclined to waste)
- разточителен adj (inclined to waste)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 浪費 /浪费 adj (inclined to waste)
Dutch
2 entries- kwistig adj (inclined to waste)
- spilziek adj (inclined to waste)
Finnish
1 entries- tuhlaava adj (inclined to waste)
French
3 entries- dilapidateur adj (inclined to waste)
- dépensier adj (inclined to waste)
- gaspilleur adj (inclined to waste)
German
1 entries- verschwenderisch adj (inclined to waste)
Irish
4 entries- caifeach adj (inclined to waste)
- caiteach adj (inclined to waste)
- diomailteach adj (inclined to waste)
- drabhlásach adj (inclined to waste)
Italian
1 entries- prodigo adj (inclined to waste)
Japanese
1 entries- 不経済な adj (inclined to waste)
Latin
1 entries- prōdigus adj (inclined to waste)
Māori
2 entries- ngutuhore adj (inclined to waste)
- tōtōa adj (inclined to waste)
Old Irish
3 entries- dimbailech adj (inclined to waste)
- dombuilech adj (inclined to waste)
- díblásach adj (inclined to waste)
Polish
1 entries- rozrzutny adj (inclined to waste)
Portuguese
1 entries- desperdiçador adj (inclined to waste)
Romanian
1 entries- risipitor adj (inclined to waste)
Russian
1 entries- расточи́тельный adj (inclined to waste)
Spanish
2 entries- antieconómico adj (inclined to waste)
- derrochador adj (inclined to waste)
Swedish
1 entries- slösaktig adj (inclined to waste)
Turkish
4 entries- hesapsız adj (inclined to waste)
- idaresiz adj (inclined to waste)
- müsrif adj (inclined to waste)
- savruk adj (inclined to waste)
Ukrainian
2 entries- марнотратний adj (inclined to waste)
- розтратливий adj (inclined to waste)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Taxpayers are angry about wasteful government spending.
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He understood the negative outcomes of being wasteful.
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That's wasteful.
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