1. The trait of wasting resources
   "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"
   - thriftlessness, waste 
2. Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
   - waste, dissipation

Derived forms: wastefulnesses

See also: wasteful

Type of: activity, improvidence, shortsightedness

Encyclopedia: Wastefulness

• unsatisfying
• unsaturated
• unsaturated fatty acid
• unsaturation
• unsaved
• unsavoriness
• unsavory
• unsavouriness
• unsavoury
• unsay
• unsayable
• unscalable
• unscathed
• unscheduled
• unscholarly
• unschooled
• unscientific
• glossiness
• Glossinidae
• glossitis
• Glossodia
• glossodynia
• glossodynia exfoliativa
• glossolalia
• glossopharyngeal