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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous;

as,

wasteful

practices or negligence;

wasteful

expenses

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

Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled.

[Obs.]

In wilderness and

wasteful

desert strayed.

Spenser.

Syn. – Lavish; profuse; prodigal; extravagant.

–

Waste′ful-ly

adv.

–

Waste′ful-ness

Noun.

Adj.

Lavish; prodigal; expending property, or that which is valuable, without necessity or use; applied to persons.

Destructive to property; ruinous; as wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses.

Desolate; unoccupied; untilled; uncultivated.

In wilderness and wasteful deserts strayd.