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Etymology edit

From Middle English wastful; equivalent to waste +‎ -ful.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈweɪstfəl/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪstfəl

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wasteful (comparative more wasteful, superlative most wasteful)

  1. Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
    Synonyms: prodigal, profligate
    Antonym: unwasteful
    • 2023 March 8, 'Industry Insider', “The Beeching legacy”, in RAIL, number 978, page 68:
      As a narrative, competition of the type seen between the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) and the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) was seen as wasteful, with duplicate routes reflecting an unnecessary use of resources.
  2. (obsolete) Uninhabited, desolate.

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