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wasteful adjective [ ˈweɪstfʊl ]

• (of a person, action, or process) using or expending something of value carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.
• "wasteful energy consumption"
Similar: prodigal, profligate, uneconomical, extravagant, lavish, excessive, careless, imprudent, improvident, reckless, thriftless, spendthrift, squandering, needless, useless, not needed, squandered,
Opposite: thrifty, frugal,


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