"wastefulness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wastefulnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English wastfulnes; equivalent to wasteful + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wastfulnes}} Middle English wastfulnes, {{suffix|en|wasteful|ness}} wasteful + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wastefulness (countable and uncountable, plural wastefulnesses)
  1. imprudent or excessive expenditure or the waste of resources Wikipedia link: wastefulness Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (excessive expenditure or the waste of resources): прахосничество (prahosničestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian)

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