wasteful

waste·ful

W0041900 (wāst′fəl)adj. Marked by or inclined to waste; extravagant.

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waste′ful·ly adv.waste′ful·ness n.

wasteful

(ˈweɪstfʊl) adj1. tending to waste or squander; extravagant2. causing waste, destruction, or devastation ˈwastefully adv ˈwastefulness n

waste•ful

(ˈweɪst fəl)

adj. 1. given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: a wasteful way of living. 2. grossly extravagant; prodigal: a wasteful party. 3. devastating or destructive: wasteful war. [1250–1300] waste′ful•ly, adv. waste′ful•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	wasteful - inefficient in use of time and effort and materials; "a clumsy and wasteful process"; "wasteful duplication of effort"; "uneconomical ebb and flow of power"uneconomicalinefficient - not producing desired results; wasteful; "an inefficient campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient design and methods"
	2.	wasteful - tending to squander and waste improvident - not provident; not providing for the futurethrifty - careful and diligent in the use of resources
	3.	wasteful - laying waste; "when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespearedestructive - causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"

wasteful

adjective extravagant, lavish, prodigal, profligate, ruinous, spendthrift, uneconomical, improvident, unthrifty, thriftless the wasteful consumption of fuel
sparing, economical, provident, money-saving, frugal, thrifty, parsimonious, penny-wise

wasteful

adjectiveCharacterized by excessive or imprudent spending:extravagant, lavish, prodigal, profligate, profuse, spendthrift.

Translations

浪费的

waste

(weist) verb to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way. You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions. 浪費 浪费 noun1. material which is or has been made useless. industrial waste from the factories; (also adjective) waste material. 廢料，廢棄物 废料2. (the) act of wasting. That was a waste of an opportunity. 浪費 浪费3. a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc. the Arctic wastes. 荒地，荒涼水域，荒漠 荒地ˈwastage (-tidʒ) noun loss by wasting; the amount wasted. Of the total amount, roughly 20% was wastage. 浪費(的數量) 浪费，损耗量 ˈwasteful adjective involving or causing waste. Throwing away that bread is wasteful. (造成)浪費的 浪费的ˈwastefully adverb 浪費地 浪费地ˈwastefulness noun 浪費 浪费waste paper paper which is thrown away as not being useful. Offices usually have a great deal of waste paper. 廢紙 废纸wastepaper basket (ˈweispeipə) a basket or other (small) container for waste paper. Put those old letters in the wastepaper basket. 廢紙簍 废纸篓waste pipe (ˈweispaip) a pipe to carry off waste material, or water from a sink etc. The kitchen waste pipe is blocked. (洗碗(臉)槽的)污水管 下水管道，排污水管 waste away to decay; to lose weight, strength and health etc. He is wasting away because he has a terrible disease. 日漸衰弱(消瘦) 变得衰弱（消瘦）