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wastefulness
 
Noun wastefulness has 2 senses
  1. thriftlessness, waste, wastefulness - the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"
    --1 is a kind of improvidence, shortsightedness
  2. waste, wastefulness, dissipation - useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"
    --2 is a kind of activity
    --2 has particulars:
     boondoggle; waste of effort, waste of energy; waste of material; waste of money; waste of time; extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high life; squandering
waste product waste storage waste time wastebasket wastebin wasted wasteful wastefully wastefulness wasteland wastepaper basket waster wasters wastes wastewater wasteweir wasteyard

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