wasteful[adjective]Synonyms: extravagant, lavish, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, thriftless, uneconomical
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
waste‧ful /ˈweɪstf
əl/
adjective [
Word Family: noun:
wastage,
waste,
wastefulness,
waster,
wastrel;
adjective:
waste,
wasteful,
wasted,
wasting;
verb:
waste;
adverb:
wastefully]
using more of something than you should, especially money, time, or effort
Antonym : economical:
a wasteful use of resourceswasteful of The software is very wasteful of memory.—wastefully adverb:
Lily had wastefully left the light on.—wastefulness noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲