Synonyms for wasteful
ˈweɪst fəlwaste·ful

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1. wasteful

   Synonyms:
   bountiful, free, generous, liberal, munificent, prodigal

   Antonyms:
   avaricious, close, covetous, greedy, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, rapacious, sordid, stingy

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1. uneconomical, wastefuladjective

   inefficient in use of time and effort and materials

   "a clumsy and wasteful process"; "wasteful duplication of effort"; "uneconomical ebb and flow of power"

   Synonyms:
   uneconomical, uneconomic

   Antonyms:
   constructive, stinting, scotch, frugal, thrifty, economical, penny-wise, saving, sparing, efficient

2. wastefuladjective

   tending to squander and waste

   Synonyms:
   uneconomical

   Antonyms:
   penny-wise, saving, sparing, economical, scotch, thrifty, stinting, efficient, constructive, frugal

3. wastefuladjective

   laying waste

   "when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespeare

   Synonyms:
   uneconomical

   Antonyms:
   scotch, sparing, economical, saving, constructive, efficient, thrifty, frugal, penny-wise, stinting

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1. wastefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   destructive, ruinous

2. wastefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   lavish, prodigal, profuse, extravagant, thriftless, unthrifty, too free, too liberal

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1. wastefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   extravagant, prodigal, unthrifty, improvident infrugal, lavish, thriftless

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1. List of paraphrases for "wasteful":

   profligate, uneconomical, uneconomic, wastage, extravagant, unnecessary, anti-economic, useless

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How to use wasteful in a sentence?

1. Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford:

   Toronto's government has grown bloated and wasteful, it's time to stop the gravy train that provides luxuries and perks to politicians and rich contracts to their friends.

2. Marilyn Ferguson:

   The most disturbing and wasteful emotions in modern life, next to fright, are those which are associated with the idea of blame, directed against the self or against others.

3. Ben Sheats:

   Part of the foundation of this company is that entertainment can be so much more than just a passive experience, we have these very fancy devices in our pockets that we use every day and just using them as a display screen seems wasteful.

4. P. J. O'Rourke:

   Government isn't a good way to solve problems ... [G]overnment is concerned mostly with self-perpetuation and is subject to fantastic ideas about its own capabilities. ... [G]overnment is wasteful of the nation's resources, immune to common sense and subject to pressure from every half-organized bouquet of assholes. ... [G]overnment is distrustful of and disrespectful toward average Americans while being easily gulled by Americans with money, influence or fame.

5. Walter Odisho:

   Think of it as a robot. Because robots are automated they can go through many types of motion that are wasteful. But in order to utilize robots correctly we need to be thoughtful about the movements that their arms make, if we can apply the same thinking( to the factory)... then we can affect the process to a high degree.