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WASTEFULNESS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelesslyplay

Example:

mindless dissipation of natural resources

Synonyms:

dissipation; waste; wastefulness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("wastefulness" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wastefulness"):

boondoggle (work of little or no value done merely to look busy)

waste of effort; waste of energy (a useless effort)

waste of material (a useless consumption of material)

waste of money (money spent for inadequate return)

waste of time (the devotion of time to a useless activity)

extravagance; high life; highlife; lavishness; prodigality (excessive spending)

squandering (spending resources lavishly and wastefully)

Derivation:

wasteful (laying waste)

wasteful (inefficient in use of time and effort and materials)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The trait of wasting resourcesplay

Example:

the wastefulness of missed opportunities

Synonyms:

thriftlessness; waste; wastefulness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("wastefulness" is a kind of...):

improvidence; shortsightedness (a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources)

Derivation:

wasteful (tending to squander and waste)

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