wasteful (Meaning)
wasteful (s)
inefficient in use of time and effort and materials
laying waste
wasteful (a)
tending to squander and waste
wasteful (a.)
Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses.
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.
Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled.
Synonyms & Antonyms of wasteful
Synonyms:
- unselfish
- bountiful
- high-rolling
- imprudent
- shortsighted
- thriftless
- lavish
- philanthropic
- improvident
- squandering
Antonyms:
- penny-pinching
- tight
- tightfisted
- scrimping
- judicious
- niggardly
- pinching
- scrimping
- tightfisted
- economizing
- economizing
- sensible
- careful
- sparing
- close
- skimping
- prudent
- mean
- skimping
- penurious
- penny-pinching
- penurious
- niggardly
- tight
- mean
- careful
- sensible
- pinching
- close
- judicious
- prudent
- wise
- wise
- sparing
wasteful Sentence Examples
- The company's excessive packaging resulted in a wasteful consumption of resources.
- The wasteful spending habits of the government drained the national treasury.
- The construction project was marred by wasteful practices, leading to inflated costs.
- The impulsive purchase of unnecessary items proved to be a wasteful indulgence.
- The lack of proper planning resulted in wasteful duplication of efforts and resources.
- The use of inefficient appliances contributed to a wasteful consumption of energy.
- The wasteful disposal of plastics posed a serious environmental threat.
- The wasteful extraction of natural resources for short-term gains was unsustainable.
- The wasteful use of water during droughts aggravated the crisis.
- The wasteful production of goods that ended up as landfill waste created an ecological burden.
FAQs About the word wasteful
inefficient in use of time and effort and materials, tending to squander and waste, laying wasteFull of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful pr
unthrifty, careless, liberal, prodigal, reckless, philanthropical,extravagant, spendthrift, generous, profligate
miserly, miserly, conserving, economical, thrifty, spare,economical, parsimonious, parsimonious, stingy
The company's excessive packaging resulted in a wasteful consumption of resources.
The wasteful spending habits of the government drained the national treasury.
The construction project was marred by wasteful practices, leading to inflated costs.
The impulsive purchase of unnecessary items proved to be a wasteful indulgence.
