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1 wasteful
adjective (involving or causing waste: Throwing away that bread is wasteful.) desperdiçado* * *waste.ful[w'eistful] adj 1 desperdiçador, esbanjador, imprevidente, pródigo. 2 devastador, destrutivo. -
2 wasteful
adjective (involving or causing waste: Throwing away that bread is wasteful.) desperdiçador -
3 wasteful
deserto, baldio, esbanjador, inculto, pródigo -
4 exploitation
noun exploração* * *ex.ploi.ta.tion[ekspl6it'ei82n] n exploração, utilização, aproveitamento. wasteful exploitation / exploração desperdiçada. -
5 extravagant
[ik'strævəɡənt]1) (using or spending too much; wasteful: He's extravagant with money; an extravagant use of materials/energy.) extravagante2) ((of ideas, emotions etc) exaggerated or too great: extravagant praise.) extravagante•- extravagance* * *ex.trav.a.gant[ikstr'æv2g2nt] adj 1 gastador, perdulário. 2 excessivo, exagerado. -
6 prodigal
['prodiɡəl](spending (money etc) too extravagantly; wasteful.) perdulário- prodigality
- the prodigal son* * *prod.i.gal[pr'ɔdigəl] n pródigo, esbanjador. • adj 1 pródigo, perdulário, esbanjador. 2 exuberante, luxuriante. -
7 waste
[weist] 1. verb(to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) desperdiçar2. noun1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) desperdícios2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) perda3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) ermo•- wastage- wasteful
- wastefully
- wastefulness
- waste paper
- wastepaper basket
- waste pipe
- waste away* * *[weist] n 1 desperdício, esbanjamento, dissipação. 2 perda, quebra, derrame. 3 gasto, desgaste. 4 estrago. 5 material inútil ou supérfluo. 6 sobras, resíduos, refugo, borra. 7 lixo. 8 deserto, solidão, ermo. 9 terra inculta. 10 arch ruína, devastação (devido à guerra, ao fogo). 11 estopa. • vt+vi 1 desperdiçar, dissipar, esbanjar. 2 perder, não aproveitar. he is wasted / ele não está sendo aproveitado, está em lugar errado. 3 gastar, consumir, destruir. 4 desgastar. 5 arruinar, estragar. 6 corroer (ondas). 7 assolar, devastar (guerra). 8 enfraquecer, debilitar, definhar, abater, mirrar. • adj 1 sem valor, inútil. 2 inaproveitado, não usado ou em uso, sobrado, supérfluo. 3 não cultivado, agreste, estéril, improdutivo. 4 deserto, ermo, desabitado, desolado, devastado. 5 abandonado. the garden lies waste / o jardim está abandonado. 6 perdido (trabalho de máquinas). 7 monótono, desinteressante. 8 sombrio, melancólico, lúgubre. 9 de refugo, residual, de despejo, excretado. 10 desperdiçado. loss by waste perda por trabalho improdutivo (máquina). to be wasted on someone perder tempo com, ser inútil, não ter efeito. it was wasted on him / foi perder tempo com ele, foi inútil, não fez efeito algum. to go to waste a) ser desperdiçado, desperdiçar. b) não ser aproveitado, aproveitar. to lay waste devastar, assolar. to run to waste a) ser desperdiçado. b) não ser aproveitado, perder. to waste away definhar-se, decair. he is wasting away, has a wasting disease / ele está definhando, sofre de uma doença que o vai consumindo. waste drainage pipe tubo de esgoto. waste not, want not sabendo usar não vai faltar. waste of time perda de tempo. -
8 extravagant
[ik'strævəɡənt]1) (using or spending too much; wasteful: He's extravagant with money; an extravagant use of materials/energy.) gastador, extravagante2) ((of ideas, emotions etc) exaggerated or too great: extravagant praise.) excessivo•- extravagance -
9 prodigal
['prodiɡəl](spending (money etc) too extravagantly; wasteful.) pródigo- prodigality - the prodigal son -
10 waste
[weist] 1. verb(to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) desperdiçar2. noun1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) refugo, resíduo2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) desperdício3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) ermo•- wastage- wasteful - wastefully - wastefulness - waste paper - wastepaper basket - waste pipe - waste away
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wasteful — 14c., from WASTE (Cf. waste) (n.) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Wastefully; wastefulness … Etymology dictionary
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wasteful — waste|ful [ˈweıstfəl] adj using more of something than you should, especially money, time, or effort ▪ a wasteful use of resources wasteful of ▪ The software is very wasteful of memory. >wastefully adv ▪ Lily had wastefully left the light on.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
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