Definition for Wasteful:

• Spending extravagantly or uselessly; inclined to use more than enough; destructive.

Synonyms for Wasteful:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • wasteful.
  •careless (adjective)
  • in-different,
  • un circumspect,
  • offhand,
  • in-considerate,
  • in cautious,
  • napping,
  • most pococurante,
  • in-judicious,
  • in-cautious,
  • un-thinking,
  • unheeding,
  • most napping,
  • un-heeding,
  • in discreet,
  • more uncircumspect,
  • dis regardful,
  • injudicious,
  • in accurate,
  • un observant,
  • in-advertent,
  • unguarded,
  • in judicious,
  • in-discreet,
  • un reflective,
  • un-reflective,
  • reckless,
  • mindless,
  • un heeding,
  • un-circumspect,
  • un thinking,
  • most uncircumspect,
  • un guarded,
  • indolent,
  • dis-regardful,
  • un concerned,
  • in advertent,
  • un mindful,
  • in different,
  • more unreflective,
  • unmindful,
  • un-mindful,
  • un-concerned,
  • un-guarded,
  • more pococurante,
  • more napping,
  • lax,
  • in-accurate,
  • most unreflective,
  • in considerate,
  • un-observant.
  •destructive (adjective)
  • consumptive.
  •exorbitant (adjective)
  • over one head,
  • un duest,
  • over-much,
  • un reasonable,
  • out sight,
  • most overboard,
  • un-conscionable,
  • priciest,
  • un warranted,
  • ex-acting,
  • un-duer,
  • most absonant,
  • un conscionable,
  • un-warranted,
  • over much,
  • un-reasonable,
  • towering,
  • over board,
  • over-board,
  • more overboard,
  • un-duest,
  • un-due,
  • ex-pensive,
  • un duer,
  • more absonant,
  • ex pensive,
  • out of sight,
  • over ones head,
  • unwarranted,
  • ex acting,
  • un due,
  • pricier.
  •ruinous (adjective)
  • tumbledown,
  • ruinous,
  • Wrackful.
  •supererogatory (adjective)
  • supererogatory.
  •unthrifty (adjective)
  • un thrifty,
  • un thriftier,
  • un thriftiest,
  • un-thrifty,
  • un-thriftiest,
  • un-thriftier.
  •wanton (adjective)
  • more spendthrift,
  • most spendthrift,
  • un fettered,
  • un-reserved,
  • up and down,
  • un-fettered,
  • hot cold,
  • devil may care,
  • up down,
  • in-constant,
  • more fluctuating.
  •wasteful (adjective)
  • profuse,
  • opulent,
  • unconstrained,
  • gluttonous,
  • immoderate,
  • pound-foolish,
  • overabundant,
  • indulgent,
  • overindulgent,
  • overflowing,
  • extravagant,
  • unrestrained,
  • thriftless.

• n.

  •destructive (noun)
  • destructive.
  •extravagant (noun)
  • out of bounds,
  • overgenerous,
  • full-handed,
  • dissipated,
  • incontinent,
  • Unthrifty,
  • squandering,
  • liberal,
  • without stint,
  • wild,
  • cavalier,
  • with money to burn,
  • easy come easy go.
  •uneconomic (noun)
  • uneconomic.
  •uneconomical (noun)
  • uneconomical.
  •wasteful (noun)
  • inefficient.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • waster,
  • inexpedient.
  •
  • save.
  •
  • moderate.
  •spendthrift
  • spendthrift.

Paraphrases for Wasteful:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    profligate, uneconomical.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    useless, uneconomic, futile, pointless, unhelpful, fruitless, unprofitable, ineffective, worthless, needless, ineffectual, meaningless, redundant, anti-economic, sterile.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    extravagant, wastage, unnecessary, superfluous, inefficient, costly, expensive, excessive.

Antonyms for Wasteful:

• adj.

  • all
    thrifty.
  • not economical
    economical, saving, careful, cautious, unwasteful.
  • Other antonyms:
    conserving, Skimping, judicious, Pinching, farsighted, forehanded, prudent, mean, wise, foreseeing, constructive, sensible, forethoughtful, niggardly, foresighted.

Wasteful Sentence Examples:

• This is altogether too low and indicates wasteful operation.

• This method, as stated above, is very wasteful, not only of dye - stuffs, but of mordants.