Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses.
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One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively.
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Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses.
Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.
Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses.
Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.
Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or…
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Overthrown; beaten; conquered.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
One who squanders.
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Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign.
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or…
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
Overthrown; beaten; conquered.
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
One who wastes; a spendthrift.
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift.
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