From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wasteful \Waste"ful\, adjective
1. Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses.
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.
3. Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled. [Obs.]
In wilderness and wasteful desert strayed. --Spenser.
Syn: Lavish; profuse; prodigal; extravagant. -- {Waste"ful*ly}, adverb -- {Waste"ful*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
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}]
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