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Synonyms for wastefulness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : weyst-fuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈweɪst fəl |
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Définition of wastefulness
Origin :- 14c., from waste (n.) + -ful. Related: Wastefully; wastefulness.
- noun extravagance
- 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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