wasteful

Etymology

From Middle English wastful; equivalent to waste + -ful.

adj

  1. Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
    As a narrative, competition of the type seen between the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) and the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) was seen as wasteful, with duplicate routes reflecting an unnecessary use of resources. March 8 2023, 'Industry Insider', “The Beeching legacy”, in RAIL, number 978, page 68
  2. (obsolete) Uninhabited, desolate.

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