English
Etymology
From waste + -ful .
Pronunciation
Adjective
wasteful (comparative more wasteful , superlative most wasteful )
Inclined to waste or squander money or resources .
( obsolete ) Uninhabited , desolate .
1590 , Edmund Spenser , The Faerie Queene , III.6:
Shortly unto the wastefull woods she came, / Whereas she found the Goddesse with her crew [...].
Translations
inclined to waste
Chinese:
Mandarin: 浪費 / 浪费 (zh) ( làngfèi ) , 浪费 (zh) ( làngfèi )
Dutch: verspillend (nl) , verkwistend (nl)
Finnish: tuhlaava (fi)
French: dépensier (fr) , gaspilleur (fr) , dilapidateur (fr)
German: verschwenderisch (de)
Irish: caifeach , caiteach , diomailteach , drabhlásach , scabáistiúil , vástúil
Old Irish: díblásach , dimbailech , dombuilech
Japanese: 不経済な ( fukeizai na )
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Latin: prōdigus
Maori: tōtōa , ngutuhore
Polish: rozrzutny (pl)
Portuguese: desperdiçador
Russian: расточи́тельный (ru) ( rastočítelʹnyj )
Spanish: derrochador (es) , antieconómico (es)
Swedish: slösaktig (sv)
Ukrainian: марнотратний m ( marnotratnyj ) , розтратливий m ( roztratlyvyj )
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