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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to wasteful:   (157 results)

Antonyms:
thrifty

Often used in the same context:
inefficient, profligate, unproductive, pork barrel, unnecessary, costly, bloated, pointless, wrongheaded, extravagant, useless, counterproductive, ineffective, irresponsible, frivolous, needless, misguided, unneeded, unsustainable, shortsighted, gluttonous, reckless, unwise, uncreative, ineffectual, nonproductive, pork barreling, superfluous, thoughtless, expensive, mindless, inefficacious, duplicative, unpractical, unessential, destructive, indefensible, unimaginative, inessential, foolish, haphazard, stupid, idiotic, disgraceful, distasteful, unaccountable, disgusting, corrupt, mismanaged, slapdash, ungreen, shoddy, unseemly, inept, futile, unworthy, shameful, distortive, fruitless, miserly, wreckless, unaffordable, unworkable, burdensome, dishonest, undisciplined, outdated, unrequired, lazy, harmful, unchristian, undemocratic, uncompetitive, unambitious, hypocritical, impractical, inhumane, careless, purposeless, unethical, misdirected, immoral, statist, ludicrous, wanton, unaesthetic, overreaching, illiberal, outmoded, unserious, sloppy, crass, overpriced, saving, nugatory, ridiculous, unprogressive, outrageous, uneconomical, avoidable, selfish, clumsy, arbitrary, impatient, inconvenient, mischief, anybody, anyone, earnest, evil, im, impertinent, organized, picturesque, sensible, tiresome, tolerable, abide, ado, attainable, be, capita, uneconomic, routinized, economical, innovative, dilatory, orderly, planned, unconventional, approved, costeffective

Appears in the definition of:
boondoggle, declaim, duplication, extravagant, extravagantly, inefficient, lavishly, prodigal, prodigally, profligate, spendthrift, squandering, uneconomic, uneconomical, wastefully

Synonyms:
destructive, extravagant, inefficient, pound-foolish, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, uneconomic, uneconomical

Also try:
— Nouns for wasteful: expenditure, use, duplication, methods, practices, spending, competition, consumption, process, method, system, more...

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