wasteful

  • (s) inefficient in use of time and effort and materials
    • a clumsy and wasteful process
    • wasteful duplication of effort
    • uneconomical ebb and flow of power
    uneconomical,
  • (a) tending to squander and waste
  • (s) laying waste
    • "when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespeare

Synonyms

uneconomical

Antonyms

thrifty

See also

improvident

Words of close approximity

wastefully wastefulness