wasteful

Word family (noun) wastage waste wastefulness waster wastrel (adjective) waste wasteful wasted wasting (verb) waste (adverb) wastefully

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwastefulwaste‧ful /ˈweɪstfəl/ adjective WASTE somethingusing more of something than you should, especially money, time, or effort OPP economical a wasteful use of resourceswasteful of The software is very wasteful of memory. —wastefully adverb Lily had wastefully left the light on. —wastefulness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpuswasteful• The confusion created by this can be very wasteful.• Do not make unnecessarily long calls as they are wasteful.• Many people see the new £60 million building as wasteful and extravagant.• The ability to produce in greater quantities made this system wasteful and it has given way to a more scientific process.• Pemex has long been considered one of the hemisphere's most wasteful, bloated companies.• There also might be wasteful competition as many variations of a good are offered.• Tell us how wasteful government will not limit our futures and the futures of our children.• wasteful packaging• Esther believed it was a filthy habit not to change towels often, and Robert believed it was wasteful to do so.• That's so wasteful to throw away a clean sheet of paper.• It's ... it's ... wasteful you know, so wasteful.From Longman Business Dictionarywastefulwaste‧ful /ˈweɪstfəl/ adjective using things such as money, materials or energy in a way that is not sensible or effectiveLocal government is seen as wasteful, and incompetent.

单词	wasteful
释义	wasteful Word family (noun) wastage waste wastefulness waster wastrel (adjective) waste wasteful wasted wasting (verb) waste (adverb) wastefully From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwastefulwaste‧ful /ˈweɪstfəl/ ●○○ adjective WASTE somethingusing more of something than you should, especially money, time, or effort OPP economical a wasteful use of resourceswasteful of The software is very wasteful of memory. —wastefully adverb Lily had wastefully left the light on. —wastefulness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpuswasteful• The confusion created by this can be very wasteful.• Do not make unnecessarily long calls as they are wasteful.• Many people see the new £60 million building as wasteful and extravagant.• The ability to produce in greater quantities made this system wasteful and it has given way to a more scientific process.• Pemex has long been considered one of the hemisphere's most wasteful, bloated companies.• There also might be wasteful competition as many variations of a good are offered.• Tell us how wasteful government will not limit our futures and the futures of our children.• wasteful packaging• Esther believed it was a filthy habit not to change towels often, and Robert believed it was wasteful to do so.• That's so wasteful to throw away a clean sheet of paper.• It's ... it's ... wasteful you know, so wasteful.From Longman Business Dictionarywastefulwaste‧ful /ˈweɪstfəl/ adjective using things such as money, materials or energy in a way that is not sensible or effectiveLocal government is seen as wasteful, and incompetent.
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