wasteful

Adjective Satellite

• inefficient in use of time and effort and materials
  • "a clumsy and wasteful process"
  • "wasteful duplication of effort"
• laying waste; - Shakespeare
  • "when wasteful war shall statues overturn"

Adjective

• Using or expending something carelessly.
• tending to squander and waste

Adj

• Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
• Uninhabited, desolate.

Examples

• It’s wasteful to hold onto a ’Q’ and ’Z’ for too long, hoping for a bingo.

Synonyms

uneconomical, beingless, desert, deserted, desolate, disinhabited, extravagant, improvident, imprudent, inhabitantless, inhabited, lavish, lifeless, peopleless, prodigal, profligate, reckless, solitary, spendthrift, squandering, tenantless, unhabited, uninhabited, unoccupied, unpeopled, unpopulated, untenanted, unthrifty, vacant, wasteful

Antonyms

thrifty, unwasteful

Related Words

WASTE