Etymology

wastefulness

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Today it means: imprudent or excessive expenditure or the waste of resources Full definition →

Middle English wastfulnes
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromwastfulnes
  2. English todaywastefulness

From Middle English wastfulnes; equivalent to wasteful + -ness.

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