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WASTEFULNESS

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• WASTEFULNESS (noun)
The noun WASTEFULNESS has 2 senses:

1. the trait of wasting resources
2. useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

Familiarity information: WASTEFULNESS used as a noun is rare.

• WASTEFULNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The trait of wasting resources

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

thriftlessness; wastefulness; waste

Context examples:

a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste / the wastefulness of missed opportunities

Hypernyms ("wastefulness" is a kind of...):

improvidence; shortsightedness (a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

waste; wastefulness; dissipation

Context examples:

if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste / mindless dissipation of natural resources

Hypernyms ("wastefulness" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wastefulness"):

boondoggle (work of little or no value done merely to look busy)

waste of effort; waste of energy (a useless effort)

waste of material (a useless consumption of material)

waste of money (money spent for inadequate return)

waste of time (the devotion of time to a useless activity)

extravagance; high life; highlife; lavishness; prodigality (excessive spending)

squandering (spending resources lavishly and wastefully)

"It's no use crying over spilt milk."
(English proverb)
"It is easier for the son to ask from the father than for the father to ask from the son"
(Breton proverb)
"Speak of the dog and pick up the stick."
(Armenian proverb)
"Little by little the measure is filled."
(Corsican proverb)

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Pronunciation of activity
Definition of waste of effort
Pronunciation of waste of time
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Definition of prodigality

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