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wasteful [ˈweɪstfʊl] adj
1. tending to waste or squander; extravagant 2. causing waste, destruction, or devastation wastefully adv wastefulness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
wasteful adjective extravagant, lavish, prodigal, profligate, ruinous, spendthrift, uneconomical, improvident, unthrifty, thriftless the wasteful consumption of fuel sparing, economical, provident, money-saving, frugal, thrifty, parsimonious, penny-wise Translations wasteful [ˈweɪstfʊl] ADJ [person] → despilfarrador, derrochador; [process, method] → antieconómico; [expenditure] → pródigo, excesivo to be wasteful with sth → despilfarrar algo, desperdiciar algo the government is wasteful of taxpayers' money → el gobierno despilfarra or derrocha los impuestos de los contribuyentes war is wasteful of human lives → la guerra supone un desperdicio de vidas humanas wasteful [ˈweɪstfʊl] adj [person] → qui gaspille; [process] → peu économique Try to avoid wasteful duplication of effort BUT Essayez d'éviter de répéter inutilement les efforts. don't be wasteful → ne gaspille pas to be wasteful of sth → gaspiller qch British houses are notoriously wasteful of energy BUT Les maisons britanniques sont notoires pour les gaspillages d'énergie qu'elles occasionnent. wasteful adj → verschwenderisch; method, process → aufwendig, aufwändig, unwirtschaftlich; expenditure → unnütz; leaving all the lights on is a wasteful habit → es ist Verschwendung, überall Licht brennen zu lassen; to be wasteful with something → verschwenderisch mit etw umgehen; it is wasteful of effort → es ist unnötiger Aufwand; this project is wasteful of our resources → dieses Projekt ist eine unnütze Vergeudung unserer Ressourcen How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Two kings' sons once upon a time went into the world to seek their fortunes; but they soon fell into a wasteful foolish way of living, so that they could not return home again. The black labour is too wasteful, however, and in time Chinese or Indian coolies will be imported. And there were editorials written in which he was called an enemy of society, possessed of the manners and culture of a caveman, a fomenter of wasteful business troubles, the destroyer of the city's prosperity in commerce and trade, an anarchist of dire menace; and one editorial gravely recommended that hanging would be a lesson to him and his ilk, and concluded with the fervent hope that some day his big motor-car would smash up and smash him with it. |
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