wastefulness
Squandering of resources
Wastefulness is the quality of using more than necessary or letting resources go to waste.
It implies carelessness or disregard for economy: The wastefulness of leaving lights on in empty rooms frustrated her.
The word carries moral weight—wastefulness suggests not just inefficiency but a failure of responsibility toward what one has.
Environmental harm from waste
- landfillWaste burial ground
- throwaway cultureNorm of discarding over repairing
- carbon footprintTotal greenhouse gases produced
- resource depletionExhausting available materials gradually
unsustainability · ecological damage · emissions · trash · garbage · rubbish · refuse · litter
Reckless, wasteful extravagance
- prodigalityReckless, wasteful expenditure
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
- fritteringWasting gradually, carelessly
- overspendingExceeding one's budget
misuse · depletion · spendthrift · drain · extravagance · splurging · blowing · hemorrhaging
Failure to provide care
- heedlessnessFailure to notice danger
- thoughtlessnessLack of careful consideration
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- inattentionLack of focus
irresponsibility · negligence · unmindfulness · recklessness · imprudence · indifference · sloppiness · laxity
Amount exceeding requirement
- overabundanceExcessive quantity beyond need
- superfluityExcessive amount beyond necessity
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- overkillUnnecessary additional effort
oversupply · gluttony · surfeit · overproduction · immoderation · overconsumption · excessiveness · overindulgence
Incompetent handling of responsibilities
- unproductivityFailure to yield results
- underutilizationInsufficient use of resources
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- disorganizationAbsence of systematic arrangement
misallocation · leakage · slippage · underperformance · resource drain · duplication · impracticality · bungling
pollution
Environmental harm from waste
- landfillWaste burial ground
- throwaway cultureNorm of discarding over repairing
- carbon footprintTotal greenhouse gases produced
resource depletion · unsustainability · ecological damage · emissions · trash · garbage · rubbish · refuse · litter · debris
profligacy
Reckless, wasteful extravagance
- prodigalityReckless, wasteful expenditure
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
- fritteringWasting gradually, carelessly
overspending · misuse · depletion · spendthrift · drain · extravagance · splurging · blowing · hemorrhaging · throwaway
neglect
Failure to provide care
- heedlessnessFailure to notice danger
- thoughtlessnessLack of careful consideration
- disregardWillful lack of attention
inattention · irresponsibility · negligence · unmindfulness · recklessness · imprudence · indifference · sloppiness · laxity · casualness
surplus
Amount exceeding requirement
- overabundanceExcessive quantity beyond need
- superfluityExcessive amount beyond necessity
- redundancyNeedless duplication
overkill · oversupply · gluttony · surfeit · overproduction · immoderation · overconsumption · excessiveness · overindulgence · too much
mismanagement
Incompetent handling of responsibilities
- unproductivityFailure to yield results
- underutilizationInsufficient use of resources
- redundancyNeedless duplication
disorganization · misallocation · leakage · slippage · underperformance · resource drain · duplication · impracticality · bungling · fumbling
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- excessesoverindulgence, immoderation, intemperance, extravagance, gluttony
- money mindsetsfrugal, thrifty, generous, stingy, greedy
- consumptioneating, drinking, consuming, ingestion, ingesting
- movement qualitiesspeed, force, grace, clumsiness, stealth
- old-fashioned complaintskids these days, back in my day, no respect, work ethic, moral decay
wastefulnessfrugality
Economical resource management
thrift · thriftiness · economy · parsimony · conservation
wastefulnessefficiency
Productive without waste
resourcefulness · optimization · stewardship · conservation · productivity
waste, wasted, wasteful, wasting, wastes, wasteland, wastrel, waster, wastage