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wastefulness

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waste·ful  (wstfl)
adj.
Marked by or inclined to waste; extravagant.

wasteful·ly adv.
wasteful·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wastefulnesswastefulness - the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"
improvidence, shortsightedness - a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
2.wastefulnesswastefulness - useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"
boondoggle - work of little or no value done merely to look busy
activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"
waste of effort, waste of energy - a useless effort
waste of material - a useless consumption of material
waste of money - money spent for inadequate return; "the senator said that the project was a waste of money"
waste of time - the devotion of time to a useless activity; "the waste of time could prove fatal"
squandering - spending resources lavishly and wastefully; "more wasteful than the squandering of time"
Translations
wastefulness [ˈweɪstfʊlnɪs] N [of war] → desperdicio m; [of system] → derroche m, despilfarro m; [of person] → falta f de economía, prodigalidad f
wastefulness
n (of person)verschwenderische Art; (in method, organization, of process etc) → Unwirtschaftlichkeit f, → Aufwendigkeit f, → Aufwändigkeit f; throwing it away is sheer wastefulnesses ist reine Verschwendung, das wegzuwerfen; somebody’s wastefulness with something/in doing somethingjds verschwenderische Art, mit etw umzugehen/etw zu machen; the wastefulness of the government’s expenditure in the field of educationdie Verschwendung, die die Regierung auf dem Gebiet des Bildungswesens betreibt
wastefulness [ˈweɪstfʊlnɪs] n (of person) → prodigalità; (of process) → spreco, dispendio
wastefulness [ˈweɪstfʊlnɪs] n (of person) → prodigalità; (of process) → spreco, dispendio


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Miss Ophelia had just the capability of indignation that belongs to the thorough-paced housekeeper, and this had been pretty actively roused by the artifice and wastefulness of the child; in fact, many of my lady readers must own that they should have felt just so in her circumstances; but Marie's words went beyond her, and she felt less heat.
There was never any failures, nor lawing, nor wastefulness in our family, nor dying without wills----"
I shall never allow people to talk before me about wastefulness and profligacy, and so forth, in connexion with that life, any more.
 
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