Synonyms for wasteful

We found 28 synonyms and words with a similar meaning as wasteful.

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Wasteful synonyms

uneconomical
inefficient
extravagant
prodigal
profligate
spendthrift
pound-foolish
uneconomic
improvident
destructive
exhausting
devastating
harmful
consuming
exorbitant
unreasonable
rapacious
severe
greedy
lavish
neglectful
shiftless
excessive
generous
open-handed
squandering
profuse
reckless

By category

immoderate

adjective
exhausting
devastating
harmful
consuming

outrageous

adjective
exorbitant
unreasonable
extravagant
rapacious
severe
greedy

frivolous

adjective
extravagant

extravagant

adjective
lavish
prodigal
neglectful
shiftless
excessive
spendthrift
generous
improvident
open-handed

Associated with wasteful

extravagance
duplication
spending
inefficient
expenditure
unproductive
extravagant
expenditures
showdown
unnecessary
bureaucracy
ineffective
subsidies
manpower
leinster
consumption
stimulus
practices
excessive
resources
corrupt
efficient
successive
expensive
debt
governance
lifestyle
costs
corruption
energy
projects
cork
efficiency
reducing
electricity
wealth
budget
increases
putting
waste
wang
goods
tax
argued
behavior
usage
gas
eliminated

Related words

improvident
prodigal
spendthrift
extravagant
profligate
pound-foolish
destructive

Described by wasteful

wasteful expenditure
wasteful use
wasteful duplication
wasteful methods
wasteful practices
wasteful spending
wasteful competition
wasteful consumption
wasteful process
wasteful method
wasteful system
wasteful expenditures
wasteful way
wasteful extravagance
wasteful practice
wasteful manner
wasteful habits
wasteful exploitation
wasteful ways
wasteful war
wasteful activities
wasteful procedure
wasteful destruction
wasteful production
wasteful luxury
wasteful projects
wasteful uses
wasteful activity
wasteful programs
wasteful expense
wasteful effort
wasteful investment
wasteful processes
wasteful management
wasteful excess
wasteful wars
wasteful economy
wasteful exercise
wasteful operation
wasteful utilization
wasteful patterns
wasteful fashion
wasteful habit
wasteful administration
wasteful procedures
wasteful cutting
wasteful policies
wasteful conflict

Describing wasteful

least wasteful
little wasteful
old wasteful
untimely wasteful
best wasteful
unconscionably wasteful
dreadful wasteful
own wasteful
enervating wasteful
worst wasteful
unacceptably wasteful
highest wasteful
most wasteful
less wasteful
practical wasteful
mighty wasteful
present wasteful

Words opposite of wasteful

thrifty
constructive
stinting
scotch
frugal
economical
penny-wise
saving
sparing
efficient

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