Defenition of the word wasteful

• Defenition of the word wasteful

  • Who spends a lot, in an excessive manner.
  • inefficient in use of time and effort and materials; "a clumsy and wasteful process"; "wasteful duplication of effort"; "uneconomical ebb and flow of power"
  • laying waste; "when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespeare
  • tending to squander and waste
  • laying waste
  • inefficient in use of time and effort and materials

Synonyms for the word wasteful

• • uneconomical

Similar words in the wasteful

• • destructive
  • extravagant
  • improvident
  • inefficient
  • pound-foolish
  • prodigal
  • profligate
  • spendthrift
  • uneconomic
  • uneconomical

Antonyms for the word wasteful

• • thrifty

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