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单词 wasteful
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wastefulwasteful /ˈweɪstfəl/ adjective wasteful
using more of something than you need, or using it badly, so that it is wasted:
  • The politicians always argue about how to cut wasteful spending.
  • inefficient
    working or done in a way that wastes time, money, or energy. Inefficient is used especially about systems, organizations, and machines that do not work well:
  • The company became too large and inefficient, so they closed several factories.
  • excessive (formal)
    an amount or level that is excessive is a lot more than you need or want:
  • Do not use an excessive amount of shampoo when you wash your hair.
  • ➔ see extravagantADVERBS: wastefulYou can make the adjectives that mean wasteful into adverbs by using an -ly ending: He accused the mayor's office of spending the money wastefully on programs that were not needed. | We do not want our employees to be working inefficiently. | The costs of the program seemed excessively high.
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