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• Wasteful — Waste ful, a. 1. Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses. [1913 Webster] 2. Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Wastefully — Wasteful Waste ful, a. 1. Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses. [1913 Webster] 2. Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Wastefulness — Wasteful Waste ful, a. 1. Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses. [1913 Webster] 2. Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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• spendthrift — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. wastrel, prodigal, profligate, squanderer. See waste. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wastrel, squanderer, high spender, waster, prodigal, prodigal son, profligate, high roller*, big spender*, high roller*.… …   English dictionary for students

• Pejorative suffix — A pejorative suffix is a suffix that attaches a negative meaning to the word or word stem preceding it. There is frequent overlap between this and the diminutive form.The pejorative suffix may add the sense of a despicable example of the… …   Wikipedia

• waster — noun 1》 a wasteful person or thing. 2》 informal a person who does little or nothing of value. 3》 a discarded piece of defective pottery …   English new terms dictionary

• waster — ► NOUN 1) a wasteful person or thing. 2) informal a person who does little or nothing of value …   English terms dictionary

• scattergood — noun Date: 1577 a wasteful person ; spendthrift …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Pejorativsuffix — Das Pejorativsuffix ist eine Nachsilbe (Suffix), welches durch das Anhängen an den Wortstamm einem Wort eine negative (pejorative) Bedeutung verleiht (Pejoration). In manchen Sprachen überschneidet es sich mit dem Diminutiv. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• wastrel — /way streuhl/, n. 1. a wasteful person; spendthrift. 2. Chiefly Brit. a. refuse; waste. b. a waif; abandoned child. c. an idler or good for nothing. [1580 90; WASTE + REL] * * * …   Universalium