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Meaning of Wastefulness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

imprudent or excessive expenditure or the waste of resources

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية التبذير
Ελληνικά σπατάλη
Bahasa Indonesia kemubaziran
Polski marnotrawstwo rozrzutność
Svenska slösaktighet
Українська марнотратство

Examples

“Arsenal paid the price for that wastefulness when Chelsea took the lead after 14 minutes. Mata was afforded to much space by Santos and when the ponderous Per Mertesacker missed his cross Lampard timed his arrival perfectly to head past Wojciech Szczesny.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

wastegal wastegate wastegood wasteground wasteheap Wastel

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