English English Dictionary

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Result for Wasteful

Wasteful (a.)

Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses.

Wasteful (a.)

Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition.

Wasteful (a.)

Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled.