WASTEFULNESS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • useless or profitless activity
   • using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
   Synonym(s)
   • dissipation (what does dissipation mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste
   • mindless dissipation of natural resources
   Hypernyms(s) wastefulness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • activity (what does activity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • boondoggle (what does boondoggle mean?)
   • waste of effort (what does waste of effort mean?)
   • waste of energy (what does waste of energy mean?)
   • waste of material (what does waste of material mean?)
   • waste of money (what does waste of money mean?)
   • waste of time (what does waste of time mean?)
   • extravagance (what does extravagance mean?)
   • prodigality (what does prodigality mean?)
   • lavishness (what does lavishness mean?)
   • highlife (what does highlife mean?)
   • high life (what does high life mean?)
   • squandering (what does squandering mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • fritter (what does fritter mean?)
   • frivol away (what does frivol away mean?)
   • dissipate (what does dissipate mean?)
   • shoot (what does shoot mean?)
   • fritter away (what does fritter away mean?)
   • fool (what does fool mean?)
   • fool away (what does fool away mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • blow (what does blow mean?)
   • squander (what does squander mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • consume (what does consume mean?)
   • squander (what does squander mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • ware (what does ware mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the trait of wasting resources
   Synonym(s)
   • thriftlessness (what does thriftlessness mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
   • the wastefulness of missed opportunities
   Hypernyms(s) wastefulness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • improvidence (what does improvidence mean?)
   • shortsightedness (what does shortsightedness mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • blow (what does blow mean?)
   • squander (what does squander mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)