01 a. Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses.
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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.]“In wilderness and wasteful desert strayed.” — Spenser.
Syn.
Lavish; profuse; prodigal; extravagant.