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. Robert Paterson:

   To have it all fragmented from city to city is really problematic and very wasteful.

2. Timothy Bishop:

   Fuzzy tests that encourage wasteful litigation really are not helpful to anyone except lawyers.

3. Tom McClintock:

   The new Republican majority needs to make a dramatic, concrete and credible statement that business as usual in Washington is over, is there a more powerful statement than to swear off the wasteful and corrupting practice of congressional earmarking?

4. Will Trump:

   I will end the wasteful government spending and hold the bureaucrats accountable, when I am president, the tide of big government will no longer threaten to wash away our dreams, our jobs and our freedoms.

5. Alexa Firman:

   Rising inflation costs are real threat to my business, the wasteful spending in Washington has sent inflation through the roof.