adjective
- using more of something than is necessary or reasonable; not making good use of resources
Examples
- It’s wasteful to leave the lights on when nobody is home.
- The company’s wasteful spending habits led to financial problems.
- She criticized the government’s wasteful use of taxpayer money.
- Throwing away perfectly good food is wasteful and irresponsible.
- The old heating system was wasteful and expensive to operate.
- His wasteful lifestyle eventually caught up with him.
- The factory was shut down for its wasteful production methods.