wasteful

/'weistful/
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wasteful

A wasteful person leaves the water running while brushing their teeth.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Characterized by or involving the careless or excessive use of resources: Describes actions, processes, or people that use more of something (like money, time, materials, or energy) than is necessary or reasonable, often without a useful result.
    • Causing or resulting in waste: Leading to the unnecessary loss, destruction, or diminishment of value.
Usage

The adjective "wasteful" is used to describe nouns directly. It often implies criticism or highlights inefficiency. - It can describe a person: a wasteful manager. - It can describe an action or habit: wasteful spending. - It can describe a process or system: a wasteful method. - It is commonly used with prepositions like "of" (wasteful of resources) and "in" (wasteful in their habits).

Examples
  • Describing a person or entity:
    • The company was criticized for being wasteful with its budget.
    • He is wasteful and never finishes the food he buys.
  • Describing an action or thing:
    • Leaving all the lights on is a wasteful practice.
    • The wasteful duplication of effort between the two departments cost the firm dearly.
  • Used with prepositions:
    • This design is wasteful of space.
    • They are wasteful in their use of water.
Advanced Usage
  • "wasteful of": This construction specifies the resource being wasted.
    • The old machinery is terribly wasteful of energy.
  • In formal or literary contexts, "wasteful" can describe something that causes ruin or devastation, though this usage is less common today.
    • The wasteful war destroyed the countryside.
Variants and Related Words
  • Wastefully (adverb): In a wasteful manner.
    • The funds were wastefully spent on unnecessary luxuries.
  • Wastefulness (noun): The quality or fact of being wasteful.
    • The wastefulness of the packaging is alarming.
Synonyms
  • Extravagant: Spending much more than is necessary or wise.
  • Profligate: Recklessly extravagant or wasteful (often with a stronger moral condemnation).
  • Prodigal: Wastefully extravagant (often used in the phrase "prodigal son").
  • Inefficient: Not achieving maximum productivity; wasting resources.
  • Uneconomical: Not economical; wasteful of money or other resources.
Antonyms
  • Frugal: Sparing or economical with regard to money or food.
  • Thrifty: Using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully.
  • Economical: Giving good value or service in relation to the amount of money, time, or effort spent.
  • Efficient: Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.
Related Phrases and Concepts
  • Waste not, want not: (Proverb) If you do not waste anything, you will always have enough.
  • Conspicuous consumption: The act of buying expensive things to show off wealth, often seen as a form of wasteful behavior.
wasteful

A wasteful person leaves the water running while brushing their teeth.

Adjective
  1. laying waste
    • when wasteful war shall statues overturn- Shakespeare
  2. tending to squander and waste
  3. inefficient in use of time and effort and materials
    • a clumsy and wasteful process
    • wasteful duplication of effort
    • uneconomical ebb and flow of power

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