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wasteful

  • adjective
  • /ˈweɪstfəl/

Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.

Other meanings

  1. Uninhabited, desolate.

Related words

  • wastefully
  • wastefulness

Word history

From Middle English "wastful".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “wasteful” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.