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English adjective: wasteful | |||
| 1. | wasteful inefficient in use of time and effort and materials | ||
| Samples | A clumsy and wasteful process. Wasteful duplication of effort. Uneconomical ebb and flow of power. | ||
| Synonyms | uneconomical | ||
| Similar | inefficient | ||
| Antonyms | efficient | ||
| 2. | wasteful tending to squander and waste | ||
| Similar | extravagant, pound-foolish, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, uneconomic, uneconomical | ||
| See also | improvident | ||
| Antonyms | thrifty | ||
| 3. | wasteful laying waste | ||
| Samples | When wasteful war shall statues overturn. | ||
| Similar | destructive | ||
| Antonyms | constructive | ||
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