wastefulnessn.
/ˈweɪstf(ᵿ)lnəs/, U.S. /ˈweɪs(t)fəlnəs/ 1. The quality of being wasteful; prodigality in expenditure; want of economy.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun]
overflowingnessOE
wastinga1300
prodigality1340
misdispendingc1390
misspendingc1390
fool-largessec1405
wantonness1448
fool-largec1450
dilapidationc1460
lavish1483
consuminga1538
profusion1545
sumptuosity1550
wastefulness1551
lashing1556
lavishing1574
profuseness1584
lavishness1590
misspense1591
wastening1604
outlashing1611
duck and drake1614
largesse1614
lavishment1630
squandering1632
prodigence1634
dissipation1639
wastry1645
profusiveness1655
high living1656
nepotation1656
extravagancy1666
extravagance1727
profligacy1792
squander1806
profligateness1817
wastrife1818
spendthriftism1862
wasterfulness1884
high-rolling1890
prodigalism1896
spendthriftiness1950
squanderbugging1966
1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Iviij v Liberalitie is a vertue. Therfore liberalitie maie not be called wastfulnes.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 212 Even so be these wretches more odious..who by their miserable parsimonie..doe mischiefe, than those who by their riot and wastfulnesse be hurtfull to a common-weale.
a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1770) III. 251 Wastefulness also, and even mere Negligence, approach to the same Sin.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxiv. 323 I really cannot afford to encourage him in all his wastefulness.
1884 Harper's Mag. Oct. 781/2 A lamentable wastefulness of the public funds.
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the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > deserted condition
desertnessa1400
desolationc1460
deserta1500
vastity1545
desolatenessa1626
wastefulness1674
desertedness1818
desertion1876
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 195 Having taken away altogether that boundless wastfulness beyond the world, we are no whit careful, about the light or darkness of it.
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