wasteful
adjective
- destroy, use up needlessly
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈweɪstfəl/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English wastful; equivalent to waste + -ful.
- Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
“As a narrative, competition of the type seen between the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) and the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) was seen as wasteful, with duplicate routes reflecting an unnecessary use of resources.”
- Uninhabited, desolate.
“Shortly vnto the vvaſtefull vvoods ſhe came, / VVhereas ſhe found the Goddeſſe vvith her crevv, […]”