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adj
Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: prodigal, profligate, extravagant, improvident, imprudent, lavish, loose-handed, reckless, spendthrift, squandering, uneconomical, unthrifty, wasteful
Antonyms: unwasteful
adj
Uninhabited, desolate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: deserted, peopleless, beingless, desert, desolate, disinhabited, inhabitantless, inhabited, lifeless, solitary, tenantless, unhabited, uninhabited, unoccupied, unpeopled, unpopulated, untenanted, vacant, wasteful
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
tending to squander and waste
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: thrifty
adjective satellite
laying waste- Shakespeare
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
inefficient in use of time and effort and materials
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: uneconomical
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English wastful; equivalent to waste + -ful.
Across languages
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
