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waste·ful
(wāst′fəl)adj.
Marked by or inclined to waste; extravagant.
waste′ful·ly adv.
waste′ful·ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | wastefully - to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree; "we are still prodigally rich compared to others" |
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Translations
بِتَبْذير، بِمضْيَعَه
á eyîslusaman hátt
isaraf ederek
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
wastefully
[ˈweɪstfʊli] advto use sth wastefully → gaspiller qchwaste ground n → terrain m vague
a piece of waste ground → un terrain vague
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
wastefully
adv → verschwenderisch; organized → unwirtschaftlich
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
wastefully
[ˈweɪstfəlɪ] adv to spend wastefully → fare degli sprechi nello spendereto use sth wastefully → non utilizzare al meglio qc
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
waste
(weist) verb to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way. You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.
noun1. material which is or has been made useless. industrial waste from the factories; (also adjective) waste material.
2. (the) act of wasting. That was a waste of an opportunity.
3. a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc. the Arctic wastes.
ˈwastage (-tidʒ) noun loss by wasting; the amount wasted. Of the total amount, roughly 20% was wastage.
ˈwasteful adjective involving or causing waste. Throwing away that bread is wasteful.
ˈwastefully adverbˈwastefulness noun
waste paper
paper which is thrown away as not being useful. Offices usually have a great deal of waste paper.
wastepaper basket (ˈweispeipə) a basket or other (small) container for waste paper. Put those old letters in the wastepaper basket.
waste pipe (ˈweispaip) a pipe to carry off waste material, or water from a sink etc. The kitchen waste pipe is blocked.
waste away to decay; to lose weight, strength and health etc. He is wasting away because he has a terrible disease.
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