Wasteful has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | It's wasteful to leave the land lying idle. | |
| 2. | Taxpayers are angry about wasteful government spending. | |
| 3. | He understood the negative outcomes of being wasteful. | |
| 4. | That's wasteful. | |
| 5. | Tom is wasteful. | |
| 6. | You're wasteful. | |
| 7. | Gosh, can you be more wasteful? | |
| 8. | We need to cut wasteful spending. | |
| 9. | I try not to be wasteful. | |
| 10. | In the last century, however, four successive heirs were of a dissolute and wasteful disposition, and the family ruin was eventually completed by a gambler in the days of the Regency. |