'Wastefulness' definitions:

Definition of 'wastefulness'

(from WordNet)
noun
The trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities" [syn: thriftlessness, waste, wastefulness]
noun
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" [syn: waste, wastefulness, dissipation]

Definition of 'Wastefulness'

From: GCIDE
  • Wasteful \Waste"ful\, a.
  • 1. Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • In wilderness and wasteful desert strayed. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Lavish; profuse; prodigal; extravagant. [1913 Webster] -- {Waste"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Waste"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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