gas guzzling
Drinks fuel heavily
Gas guzzling describes vehicles or engines that consume fuel at a high rate, emphasizing wastefulness or inefficiency: That gas-guzzling SUV gets twelve miles to the gallon.
The term carries environmental or economic criticism—nobody calls their car gas-guzzling with pride.
A gas guzzler is such a vehicle.
- SUVRugged passenger vehicle
- inefficiencySuboptimal use of resources
- behemothCreature of immense size
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- consumptionUsing up of resources
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gas guzzlingfuel-efficient
Consumes minimal energy traveling
economical · thrifty · frugal · efficient · miserly
gas guzzlingeco-friendly
Not harming the environment
green · zero-emission · clean · environmentally friendly · sustainable
gas guzzlingelectric
Powered by current
battery-powered · hybrid · solar-powered · human-powered · pedal-powered
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