wasteful
UKweistfəl
US'weıstfəl
معنی فارسی
مسرف ولخرج افراط کار خانه خراب کن
معنی کامل و مثالها
/-fǝl/adj.
● مسرف، اسرافکار، ولخرج، متلف
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Middle English 'wasteful', from Old English 'wēastfūl'.
مثال
- It is wasteful to leave the lights on when you're not in the room.
- The company's wasteful spending led to its bankruptcy.
- She was criticized for her wasteful habits.
ترکیبهای رایج
wasteful spending wasteful use wasteful habits wasteful consumption
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- inefficient in use of time and effort and materials “a clumsy and wasteful process” “wasteful duplication of effort” “uneconomical ebb and flow of power”
- tending to squander and waste
- laying waste “when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespeare”
مترادفها
adjective
1. Destructive, ruinous.
2. Lavish, prodigal, profuse, extravagant, thriftless, unthrifty, too free, too liberal, improvident.