Definition of Wastefulness. Meaning of Wastefulness. Synonyms of Wastefulness

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Definition of Wastefulness

Wastefulness
Wasteful Waste"ful, a. 1. Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses. 2. Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition. 3. Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled. [Obs.] In wilderness and wasteful desert strayed. --Spenser. Syn: Lavish; profuse; prodigal; extravagant. -- Waste"ful*ly, adv. -- Waste"ful*ness, n.

Meaning of Wastefulness from wikipedia

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- Waste, unwanted or unusable material, varies in type and quantity in different countries. Developed countries produce more waste per capita because they...
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- In the context of public economics, the term government failure refers to an economic inefficiency caused by a government regulatory action, if the inefficiency...
- having been present at such-and-such an event, not necessarily implying wastefulness but rather gratitude or awe. Daigenkai [ja], another ****anese dictionary...
- New Zealand funds were reformed, having been criticised as overlapping, wasteful and abused, but 11 were still functioning in 2002. Many countries jailed...
- Project that continues despite its wastefulness...
- severely weakened the Qing military, which coupled with endemic corruption, wastefulness in his court and a stagnating civil society, ushered the gradual decline...
- In number theory, an extravagant number (also known as a wasteful number) is a natural number in a given number base that has fewer digits than the number...
- the curve (as at A), is feasible but represents production inefficiency (wasteful use of inputs), in that output of one or both goods could increase by moving...