English to English
adjective
- tending to squander and waste
source: WordNet 3.0
- Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- inefficient in use of time and effort and materials
A clumsy and wasteful process.
Wasteful duplication of effort.
Uneconomical ebb and flow of power.
source: WordNet 3.0
- laying waste
When wasteful war shall statues overturn.
source: WordNet 3.0