wastefully
/ˈweɪstfəli/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈweɪstfəli/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈwāst-fəl How to pronounce wasteful (audio)/ (ame, mw)
wastefully — adverb
1. using or spending more of a resource than a particular situation truly needs, so
using or spending more of a resource than a particular situation truly needs, so that some of it is lost or goes unused
The hotel kitchen wastefully threw out hundreds of untouched meals every single week.
collocation: wastefully throw out / throw away
Devika felt guilty about wastefully spending her entire monthly salary on one party.
Hao wastefully left the air conditioner running all day while he was at work.
The project wastefully used twice the materials it needed because of poor planning.
Ramón realized he had been wastefully printing every email instead of reading on screen.
- extravagantly
focuses on spending too much money, especially on luxuries
- inefficiently
focuses on using time or resources poorly without achieving the best result
- prodigally
formal; describes spending money or using resources in a reckless, over-generous way
- economically
using the minimum resources needed
- efficiently
achieving maximum output with minimum waste
- thriftily
careful with money or resources to avoid waste
文法句型
wastefully + verb (e.g. spend, consume, use)
用法筆記
Subject is typically an organization, system, or person who controls resources. Frequently modifies verbs like 'spend', 'consume', 'use', 'throw away', and 'produce'.
常見錯誤
wastefully — adjective
- wastefullypositive
- more wastefullycomparative
- most wastefullysuperlative
1. tending to use more money, time, materials, or energy than is needed, often beca
tending to use more money, time, materials, or energy than is needed, often because of carelessness or a lack of concern
Meera thought single-use plastic bottles were wasteful and bad for the planet.
predicative: were wasteful
The old factory's wasteful methods produced huge amounts of scrap metal each month.
attributive: wasteful methods
Kian said it was wasteful of the school to throw away perfectly good library books.
Mateo's wasteful habit of buying new gadgets every month emptied his savings account.
Chidi described the all-you-can-eat buffet as wasteful because most customers left food on their plates.
- extravagant
spending much more than necessary, especially on luxuries or showy items
- profligate
formal; recklessly wasteful, especially of money or resources on a large scale
- lavish
very generous or abundant, often to the point of excess, but can be neutral or positive
- economical
using the minimum amount needed to achieve something
- frugal
careful not to spend or use more than necessary
- thrifty
managing money and resources carefully and avoiding waste
文法句型
wasteful + noun
be + wasteful
wasteful of + noun
用法筆記
Can describe both people ('a wasteful person') and things ('a wasteful process'). The pattern 'wasteful of + noun' is common: 'wasteful of resources', 'wasteful of time'. Distinguish from adjective/1 (adverb form 'wastefully' describes how an action is done; this adjective describes the thing or person itself).