wasteful
Meaning
- Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
- (obsolete) Uninhabited, desolate.
Synonyms
of no use
unworthy of
too good
more than one deserves
ill-spent
extavagant
non-productive
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈweɪstfəl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English wastful; equivalent to waste + -ful.
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