wastefulness

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wastefulness - the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"thriftlessness, wasteimprovidence, shortsightedness - a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
	2.	wastefulness - useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"waste, dissipationboondoggle - work of little or no value done merely to look busyactivity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"waste of effort, waste of energy - a useless effortwaste of material - a useless consumption of materialwaste of money - money spent for inadequate return; "the senator said that the project was a waste of money"waste of time - the devotion of time to a useless activity; "the waste of time could prove fatal"high life, highlife, lavishness, prodigality, extravagance - excessive spendingsquandering - spending resources lavishly and wastefully; "more wasteful than the squandering of time"

wastefulness

nounExcessive or imprudent expenditure:extravagance, extravagancy, lavishness, prodigality, profligacy, profuseness, profusion, squander, waste.

Translations

浪费

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）