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wasteful

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Pronunciation: US /ˈweɪstfəl/

wasteful means: Using more money, time, food, or other useful things than necessary.

adjective

USING TOO MUCHB2

Using more money, time, food, or other useful things than necessary.

  • Leaving the lights on is wasteful.
  • We need to change our wasteful shopping habits.
  • The report criticized wasteful spending on unused equipment.

How to use it: wasteful of something (The old heating system is wasteful of energy.)

Similar words: extravagant, uneconomical

Opposites: economical, frugal

Common phrases: wasteful spending, wasteful habits, wasteful use

Questions about wasteful

What does wasteful mean?

Using more money, time, food, or other useful things than necessary.

What is wasteful in other languages?

Türkçe: savurgan · Español: derrochador · Français: gaspilleur · Deutsch: verschwenderisch · Italiano: sprecone · 日本語: 浪費的な

How do you pronounce wasteful?

It is pronounced /ˈweɪstfəl/.

How do you use wasteful in a sentence?

Leaving the lights on is wasteful. We need to change our wasteful shopping habits.

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