Etymology

wasteful

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Today it means: Inclined to waste or squander money or resources. Full definition →

Middle English wastful
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromwastful
  2. English todaywasteful

From Middle English wastful; equivalent to waste + -ful.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.