wasteful
English
/ˈweɪstfəl/
adj
Definitions
- Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
- (obsolete) Uninhabited, desolate.
Etymology
Suffix from English waste (empty, dejected, barren, dismal).
Origin
English
waste
Gloss
empty, dejected, barren, dismal
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiwaste English
- awaste English
- bewaste English
- biowaste English
- e-waste English
- forwaste English
- miltwaste English
- nonwasteful English
- radiowaste English
- time-waste English
- unwaste English
- unwasteful English
- unwastefully English
- wastage English
- waste English
- waste tray English
- waste-ridden English
- wasteable English
- wastebasket English
- wastebin English
- wastebook English
- wastefully English
- wastefulness English
- wastegate English
- wastegood English
- wasteground English
- wasteland English
- wasteless English
- wasteman English
- wasten English
- wasteness English
- wasteoid English
- wastepaper English
- wastepile English
- waster English
- wastest English
- wasteth English
- wastethrift English
- wastewater English
- wasteway English
- wasteweir English
- wastey English
- wastoid English
- wastrel English
- wastry English
- ウエス Japanese
- waste Middle English
- westim Tok Pisin
- waste
- awaste
- wastry
- waster
- wasten
- wastey
- wasteth
- bewaste
- unwaste
- wastest
- wastage
- e-waste
- wastoid
- wastrel
- wasteman
- forwaste
- wasteway
- biowaste
- wastebin
- wasteoid
- wastepile
- wasteless
- wasteable
- wastebook
- wasteland
- wastegate
- wasteweir
- wasteness
- miltwaste
- wastegood
- antiwaste
- wastewater
- waste tray
- wastefully
- wastepaper
- radiowaste
- unwasteful
- time-waste
- wastebasket
- wasteground
- wastethrift
- nonwasteful
- waste-ridden
- unwastefully
- wastefulness