Meanings
plural wastefulnesses
- countableuncountableimprudent or excessive expenditure or the waste of resources
Arsenal paid the price for that wastefulness when Chelsea took the lead after 14 minutes. Mata was afforded to much space by Santos and when the ponderous Per Mertesacker missed his cross Lampard timed his arrival perfectly to head past Wojciech Szczesny.
2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport
Synonyms & antonyms
nounuseless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishwastfulnes
- Englishwastefulness
From Middle English wastfulnes; equivalent to wasteful + -ness.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian прахосничество
- прахосничество (prahosničestvo)excessive expenditure or the waste of resources
Cite this entry
wastefulness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wastefulness
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