What is another word for wasteful?
347 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ wˈe͡ɪstfə͡l], [ wˈeɪstfəl], [ w_ˈeɪ_s_t_f_əl]
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Similar words for wasteful:
- all (adjective)
- careless (adjective)
- destructive (adjective)
- exorbitant (adjective)
- improvident (adjective)
- inordinate (adjective)
- lavish (adjective)
- not economical (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- ruinous (adjective)
- unthrifty (adjective)
- wanton (adjective)
- wasteful (adjective)
- destructive (noun)
- extravagant (noun)
- inefficient (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Wasteful:
adj.
• all (adjective) • 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.
- 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.
- more unstinging,
- unsparing,
- most unstinging,
- co-pious,
- co pious,
- un sparing,
- un stinging,
- most profusive,
- un-sparing,
- more profusive,
- un-stinging,
- munificent.
- overboard,
- first class,
- over head,
- Absonant,
- pricey,
- exorbitant,
- unreflective,
- firstclass,
- up to here,
- Supererogative,
- improvident,
- lavish,
- up here,
- inordinate,
- Uncircumspect,
- hot and cold,
- unstinging,
- Profusive,
- careless,
- Pococurante,
- wanton.
n.
• destructive (noun) • extravagant (noun) • inefficient (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)Other synonyms:
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- waster,
- inexpedient.
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- save.
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- moderate.
- extravagantly,
- extend,
- splendidly,
- short-sighted,
- lavishness,
- catastrophic,
- boast,
- ineffective,
- plentifully,
- plenteously,
- achieve,
- ingestion,
- devastating,
- carelessly,
- completely,
- expend,
- consumption,
- demolitionary,
- exhaustion,
- wastrel,
- negligent,
- expenditure,
- Overlavish,
- Overliberal,
- wastage,
- suicidal,
- profusely,
- entirely,
- disburse,
- ravaging,
- extravagance,
- outlay,
- deadly,
- bountifully,
- worthless,
- ruining,
- extreme,
- exuberantly,
- disbursement,
- inefficacious,
- purposeless,
- cataclysmic,
- obtain,
- Open-handed,
- Fratricidal,
- fully,
- lavishly,
- expense,
- sumptuously,
- attain,
- Free-handed,
- intemperate,
- pass,
- bootless,
- consuming,
- ineffectual,
- unavailing,
- vain,
- happy-go-lucky,
- prodigality,
- productively,
- extremely,
- Losel,
- unrewarding,
- usance,
- fateful,
- bounteously,
- slipshod,
- Destroying,
- exaggerated,
- beautifully,
- preciously,
- Vandalic,
- Doomful,
- fatal,
- dissipation,
- fritter,
- tumbledown,
- liberally,
- incompetent,
- subversive,
- profligacy,
- prodigally,
- consume,
- wasting,
- lushly,
- put on,
- Desolating,
- opulently,
- make,
- unremunerative,
- withering,
- fruitfully,
- vandalistic,
- expenses,
- amplify,
- absorb,
- lazy,
- go,
- unproductive,
- irresponsible,
- calamitous,
- impractical,
- freely,
- spend,
- Subversionary,
- exaggerate,
- unprofitable,
- nihilistic,
- excessive,
- immoderately,
- loosely,
- profusion,
- self-destructive,
- richly,
- vividly,
- unreasonable,
- inadequate,
- non-productive,
- inefficiently,
- generously,
- demolishing,
- profitless,
- harmful,
- Lavisher,
- wastefulness,
- futile,
- dissipate,
- waste,
- useless,
- get,
- incautiously,
- nihilist,
- cost,
- fruitless,
- loss,
- entertainingly,
- cataclysmal,
- internecine,
- reach,
- baneful,
- intemperately,
- time-consuming,
- squander,
- abundantly,
- improvidently,
- disastrous,
- pointless,
- thriftlessness,
- sisyphean,
- squanderer,
- gorgeously,
- Affluently,
- imprudent,
- excessively,
- accomplish,
- charge,
- copiously,
- supererogatory,
- Depredatory,
- Fertilely,
- overtake,
- free-spending,
- uneconomic,
- phthisis,
- laying waste,
- wastefully,
- time-wasting,
- exhausting,
- disorganized.
How to use "Wasteful" in context?
There's no doubt that many of us could stand to be more wasteful. But before you consider cutting back on your consumption, you should know exactly what wasteful means. When we say wasteful, we're referring to behaviors and actions that unnecessarily consume or throw away valuable resources. Put simply, wasteful behavior is anything that's not necessary.
For example, if you've got two cans of fruit in your cupboard and you only need one, you're wasting one can of fruit. If you're using five sheets of paper to cover your work surface but only need three, you're wasting three sheets of paper.
Paraphrases for Wasteful:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
profligate, uneconomical.
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Independent
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Adjective
fruitless, futile, ineffective, ineffectual, meaningless, needless, pointless, redundant, sterile, uneconomic, unhelpful, unprofitable, useless, worthless, anti-economic.
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Other Related
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Adjective
costly, excessive, expensive, extravagant, inefficient, superfluous, unnecessary, wastage.
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