wasteful

derrochador, despilfarrador

Que usa más dinero, tiempo, comida u otros recursos útiles de lo necesario.

En inglés sencillo: Using more money, time, food, or other useful things than necessary.

• Leaving the lights on is wasteful.
• We need to change our wasteful shopping habits.
• The report criticized wasteful spending on unused equipment.

Cómo se usa: wasteful of something (The old heating system is wasteful of energy.)

Sinónimos: extravagant, uneconomical

Antónimos: economical, frugal

Expresiones frecuentes: wasteful spending, wasteful habits, wasteful use