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Grammar : Noun

Spell : weyst-fuh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈweɪst fəl

Definition of wastefulness

Origin : 14c., from waste (n.) + -ful. Related: Wastefully; wastefulness.

noun extravagance

Example sentences :

Wastefulness, profligacy, or favoritism in public expenditures is criminal.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

Great was the outcry at this wastefulness, on the part of some of the tax payers.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

Ellen stopped him again by laughing at his wastefulness; and so they came to the wood.
Extract from : « The Wide, Wide World » by Susan Warner

Its use avoids the wastefulness of the trial-and-error method.
Extract from : « Sound Military Decision » by U.s. Naval War College

It shows itself in many habits of recklessness, wastefulness, and untidiness.
Extract from : « The Silent Readers » by William D. Lewis

These are true definitions of the duty of frugality and the sin of wastefulness.
Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Part 4 of 4) » by Richard Baxter

Without this, it is idle to prate about the wastefulness of slaves.
Extract from : « Lectures on the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery » by William A. Smith

Perhaps a careless observer might charge him with prodigality and wastefulness.
Extract from : « Curiosities of Heat » by Lyman B. Tefft

The American spirit of wastefulness should not run riot as it had in times past.
Extract from : « Hope Mills » by Amanda M. Douglas

Walter was cut to the quick by the accusation of wastefulness and prodigality.
Extract from : « Walter Pieterse » by Multatuli

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