Definition of Wasteful

using something in a careless or uncaring way

Examples of Wasteful in a sentence

Wasteful spending led the family to be penniless and living in a shelter.  🔊

Restaurants in the area are wasteful with leftover food, throwing away thousands of pounds of fruit and vegetables every week.  🔊

Hiring so many workers is wasteful since not there isn’t that much to do in the small shop.  🔊

The woman’s wasteful shopping sprees left her broke and without any money in her savings.  🔊

Because of the kid’s wasteful use of paper towel, there are none left in the house.  🔊

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