wastefulness

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

waste excess dissipation wasteful extravagance squandering profligacy bluing self-indulgence prodigality lavishness profuseness immoderation improvidence supererogation
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Antonyms

method economy husbandry arrangement conservation hierarchy
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Hypernyms

activity improvidence

Hyponyms

highlife extravagance squandering prodigality lavishness high life

Examples

The requirement of conspicuous wastefulness is... present as a constraining norm selectively shaping and sustaining our sense of what is beautiful. Thorstein Veblen

Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness. Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

We must fight against negativeness - especially bureaucracy, corruption and wastefulness. Nong Duc Manh

In the not-for-profit world, there can be wastefulness because there's not the desperate urgency of when you're on a clock. Twyla Tharp

if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste Source: Internet

mindless dissipation of natural resources Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

wasted time wasteful wastefully wastegal wastegate wastegood