Found 3 items, similar to wastefulness.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: wastefulness keborosan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: wastefulness wastefulness n 1: the trait of wasting resources; “a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste”; “the wastefulness of missed opportunities” [syn: thriftlessness, waste] 2: useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; “if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste”; “mindless dissipation of natural resources” [syn: waste, dissipation]
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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 manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition. [1913 Webster] 3. Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] In wilderness and wasteful desert strayed. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Syn: Lavish; profuse; prodigal; extravagant. [1913 Webster] -- Waste"ful*ly, adv. -- Waste"ful*ness, n. [1913 Webster]