wastefulness
/ˈweɪstflnəs/ (bre, ipa) · [wˈestfəlnəs] /ˈweɪstflnəs/ (ame, ipa)
wastefulness — 名詞
1. the habit or quality of using money, materials, time, or energy carelessly so th
浪費；揮霍
不必要地多耗用資源
the habit or quality of using money, materials, time, or energy carelessly so that more gets used than is really needed.
Faisal criticized the hotel's wastefulness after clean towels were replaced twice daily.
Faisal 批評那家飯店太浪費，乾淨毛巾一天竟換了兩次。
wastefulness shown through repeated resource use
The mayor promised to cut wastefulness in city offices by tracking paper use.
市長承諾要追蹤紙張用量，減少市府辦公室的浪費。
cut wastefulness in + organisation or system
Olivia's wastefulness with cooking oil annoyed her grandmother during the holiday meal.
Olivia 在年節大餐時那樣浪費食用油，讓祖母很不高興。
Years of wastefulness left Christopher with empty savings and unpaid electricity bills.
多年來的浪費讓 Christopher 存款見底，連電費帳單都付不出來。
The factory's wastefulness was obvious when usable wood was burned each night.
那家工廠的浪費很明顯，因為可用的木材每晚都被燒掉。
- extravagance
often focuses more on luxury or showy spending than on resources generally
- inefficiency
broader and more technical; often describes systems rather than personal habits
- carelessness
focuses on lack of attention, which may lead to wastefulness
- frugality
positive term for careful and restrained use of resources
- efficiency
emphasises getting good results without needless extra use
文法句型
wastefulness with [resource]
wastefulness in [activity/system]
用法筆記
Usually uncountable. It often follows possessives or 'the' when judging a person's habits, a policy, or a process that uses too much money, food, fuel, or time.