wasteful

gaspilleur, dispendieux

Qui utilise plus d’argent, de temps, de nourriture ou d’autres ressources utiles que nécessaire.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : wasteful of something (The old heating system is wasteful of energy.)

Synonymes : extravagant, uneconomical

Contraires : economical, frugal

Expressions courantes : wasteful spending, wasteful habits, wasteful use