wasterfuladj.
/ˈweɪstəfᵿl/, U.S. /ˈweɪstərfəl/, Scottish English /ˈwestərfəl/ Scottish.
Wasteful.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective]
largea1225
fool-largec1325
costlewa1387
outragea1400
riotousc1405
sumptuousa1425
superfluea1425
prodigatec1429
profuse?a1475
lavishc1475
prodigalc1485
prodiga1492
prodigaleousa1500
superfluous1531
wasteful1538
costly?1555
prodigal1570
overlavish1573
squandering1589
lavishing1598
spenseful1600
expenseful1605
spendthrift1607
spendful1611
dingthrifty1615
impendious1623
expensive1628
unthriftya1631
spendthrifty1642
flush1703
extravagant1711
profligate1718
dispendious1727
wastry1791
wasterful1821
wastrife1822
prodigalish1857
high-rolling1890
wastrel1896
1821 J. Galt Ayrshire Legatees i. 5 There's no need, for all the greatness of God's gifts, that we should be wasterful.
1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie lxii Hae ye nae sang-thrift, 'At ye scatter't sae heigh, an' lat it a' drift? Wasterfu' laverock!
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders v. 48 You are michty wasterfu', my laddie! What for are ye wearin' your best claes, I wad like to ken?
Derivatives
ˈwasterfully adv.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adverb]
wastefully1513
riotously?1529
prodigally1530
excessively1552
wastingly1552
lavishly1571
lashingly1573
profusedly1584
lavishingly1585
overlavishly1593
profusely1595
profligately1676
dispendiously1874
wasterfully1891
extravagantly1894
1891 H. Johnston Kilmallie I. x. 178 The shepherd fares sumptuously and spends wasterfully.
ˈwasterfulness n.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun]
overflowingnessOE
wastinga1300
prodigality1340
misdispendingc1390
misspendingc1390
fool-largessec1405
wantonness1448
fool-largec1450
dilapidationc1460
lavish1483
consuminga1538
profusion1545
sumptuosity1550
wastefulness1551
lashing1556
lavishing1574
profuseness1584
lavishness1590
misspense1591
wastening1604
outlashing1611
duck and drake1614
largesse1614
lavishment1630
squandering1632
prodigence1634
dissipation1639
wastry1645
profusiveness1655
high living1656
nepotation1656
extravagancy1666
extravagance1727
profligacy1792
squander1806
profligateness1817
wastrife1818
spendthriftism1862
wasterfulness1884
high-rolling1890
prodigalism1896
spendthriftiness1950
squanderbugging1966
1884 ‘J. Strathesk’ More Bits from Blinkbonny xi. 206 She did not quite like some of Bell's remarks about wasterfu'ness and ‘thowlessness’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1821