squandersome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by squandering; wasteful.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

adjectivesquandersome (comparative more squandersome, superlative most squandersome)

comparative more squandersome · superlative most squandersome

  1. Characterised or marked by squandering; wasteful.

    I began finding it easy to change my minor but squandersome daily ways.

    2013, Claudia Kolker, The Immigrant Advantage
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    They could blast the ship to Venus in a few days — at so squandersome a fuel expenditure that ten ships couldn't carry it.

    1987, Frederik Pohl, Cyril M. Kornbluth, The Space Merchants

    Worldwide, China is the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide, releasing around twice as much carbon per unit of energy produced as even the squandersome US.

    2013, Jennifer Duggan, Village Magazine: China: the US circa 1970

    Synonyms: frittersome

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCharacterised or marked by squandering; wasteful.

Origin

  1. Englishsquander
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*somHós
  4. Proto-Germanic*samaz
  5. Englishsquandersome

From squander + -some.

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Chicago

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