be wasteful

VERB

lavish

Synonyms

STRONGEST

expend fritter heap squander

STRONG

deluge dissipate give pour scatter spend waste

WEAK

be generous go through run through spend money like water thrust upon

Antonyms

STRONGEST

hold save

STRONG

collect gather hoard

WEAK

economize limit starve

VERB

squander

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blow expend lavish misuse waste

STRONG

consume dissipate frivol misspend scatter spend trifle

WEAK

be prodigal with cash out frivol away go through prodigalize put out run through spend like water spring for throw away throw money around

Antonyms

STRONGEST

hoard save

STRONG

accumulate collect gather

WEAK

set aside

VERB

throw away

Synonyms

WEAK

blow consume dissipate fail to exploit fritter lose refuse reject squander trifle turn down

Antonyms

WEAK

hoard hold keep save

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Carter wrote that the VA has in effect sold the land off, by allowing lease holders to construct concrete facilities on it and then arguing that tearing those facilities down would be wasteful.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2024

“The cloud is ideal for that. It would be wasteful to buy that computer and let it stay idle for 99.99% of the time.”

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2024

Buffets can be wasteful, but I hope they can evolve to be less so.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

You don’t want to be wasteful with that expensive gas you’re buying.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2023

She could not throw it away; that would be wasteful.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

be wasteful

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