wasteful

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   laying waste

   when wasteful war shall statues overturn- Shakespeare

2. 2
   adj

   inefficient in use of time and effort and materials

   a clumsy and wasteful process

3. 3
   adj

   Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.

   As a narrative, competition of the type seen between the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) and the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) was seen as wasteful, with duplicate routes reflecting an unnecessary use of resources.

4. 4
   adj

   Uninhabited, desolate.

   Shortly vnto the vvaſtefull vvoods ſhe came, / VVhereas ſhe found the Goddeſſe vvith her crevv, […]

5. 5
   adj

   tending to squander and waste

Etymology

From Middle English wastful; equivalent to waste + -ful.