wastefulness

waste·ful  (wstfl)

adj.

Marked by or inclined to waste; extravagant.

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wasteful·ly adv.

wasteful·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wastefulness - the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities" thriftlessness, waste improvidence, shortsightedness - a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
	2.	wastefulness - 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" waste, dissipation 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" high life, highlife, lavishness, prodigality, extravagance - excessive spending 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 wastefulness → es ist reine Verschwendung, das wegzuwerfen; somebody’s wastefulness with something/in doing something → jds verschwenderische Art, mit etw umzugehen/etw zu machen; the wastefulness of the government’s expenditure in the field of education → die Verschwendung, die die Regierung auf dem Gebiet des Bildungswesens betreibt

wastefulness [ˈweɪstfʊlnɪs] n (of person) → prodigalità; (of process) → spreco, dispendio