Associations to the word «Wasteful»

Wiktionary

WASTEFUL, adjective. Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
WASTEFUL, adjective. (obsolete) Uninhabited, desolate.

Dictionary definition

WASTEFUL, adjective. Inefficient in use of time and effort and materials; "a clumsy and wasteful process"; "wasteful duplication of effort"; "uneconomical ebb and flow of power".
WASTEFUL, adjective. Tending to squander and waste.
WASTEFUL, adjective. Laying waste; "when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespeare.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn