WASTEFUL
\wˈe͡ɪstfə͡l], \wˈeɪstfəl], \w_ˈeɪ_s_t_f_əl]\
Definitions of WASTEFUL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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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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laying waste; "when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespeare
By Princeton University
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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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laying waste; "when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespeare
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Noah Webster.
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Spending extravagantly or uselessly; inclined to use more than enough; destructive.
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Wastefully.
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Wastefulness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Wastefully.
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Wastefulness.
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Full of waste: destructive: lavish.
By Daniel Lyons
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Wastefully.
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Wastefulness.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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