wasteful 音标拼音: [w'estfəl]
a . 浪费的,不经济的
浪费的,不经济的
wasteful adj 1 :
inefficient in use of time and effort and materials ; "
a clumsy and wasteful process "; "
wasteful duplication of effort "; "
uneconomical ebb and flow of power " [
synonym :
{
uneconomical }, {
wasteful }]
2 :
tending to squander and waste [
ant : {
thrifty }]
3 :
laying waste ; "
when wasteful war shall statues overturn "-
Shakespeare Wasteful \
Waste "
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a .
1 .
Full of waste ;
destructive to property ;
ruinous ;
as ,
wasteful practices or negligence ;
wasteful expenses .
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2 .
Expending ,
or tending to expend ,
property ,
or that which is valuable ,
in a needless or useless manner ;
lavish ;
prodigal ;
as ,
a wasteful person ;
a wasteful disposition .
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3 .
Waste ;
desolate ;
unoccupied ;
untilled . [
Obs .]
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In wilderness and wasteful desert strayed .
--
Spenser .
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Syn :
Lavish ;
profuse ;
prodigal ;
extravagant .
[
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Waste "
ful *
ly },
adv . --
{
Waste "
ful *
ness },
n .
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51 Moby Thesaurus words for "
wasteful ":
baneful ,
calamitous ,
cataclysmal ,
cataclysmic ,
catastrophic ,
consuming ,
consumptive ,
deadly ,
demolishing ,
demolitionary ,
depredatory ,
desolating ,
destroying ,
destructive ,
devastating ,
disastrous ,
dissipative ,
doomful ,
easy come ,
easy go ,
extravagant ,
fatal ,
fateful ,
fratricidal ,
incontinent ,
intemperate ,
internecine ,
lavish ,
nihilist ,
nihilistic ,
overgenerous ,
overlavish ,
overliberal ,
penny -
wise and pound -
foolish ,
pound -
foolish ,
prodigal ,
profligate ,
profuse ,
ravaging ,
ruining ,
ruinous ,
self -
destructive ,
spendthrift ,
subversionary ,
subversive ,
suicidal ,
vandalic ,
vandalish ,
vandalistic ,
wasting ,
withering
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