WASTEFUL vs EXTRAVAGANT: NOUN
- N/A
- Plural A part of the body of canon law: as, the Extravagants of John XXII. and the Extravagantes communes of other popes: so called because they treated of matters not in the decretals (extra decretum vagabantur).
- A collection of Jewish traditions, published at the end of the second century.
- Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.
- One who is confined to no general rule; an eccentric.
- One who wanders about; a vagrant; a vagabond.
WASTEFUL vs EXTRAVAGANT: ADJECTIVE
- Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled.
- Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
- Uninhabited, desolate.
- Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous.
- Marked by or inclined to waste; extravagant.
- Inefficient in use of time and effort and materials
- Laying waste
- Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal.
- Tending to squander and waste
- Recklessly wasteful
- Unrestrained in especially feelings
- Unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
- Exorbitant
- Extreme
- Exceeding the bounds of something
- Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful.
- Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained.
- Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign.
- Straying beyond limits or bounds; wandering.
- Extremely abundant; profuse.
- Unreasonably high in cost; exorbitant.
- Lavish or imprudent in spending money.
- Exceeding reasonable bounds: : excessive.
WASTEFUL vs EXTRAVAGANT: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Lavish, Profuse, etc. See extravagant.
- Synonyms and
- Uninhabited; desolate; waste.
- Extravagant or lavish; profuse to excess; prodigal; squandering: as, a wasteful person.
- Producing or involving waste; occasioning serious loss or damage; ruinous.
- Destructive; devastating; wasting.
- Thriftless, unthrifty.
- Not comprised within ordinary limits of truth, probability, or propriety; irregular; wild; fantastic: as, extravagant flights of fancy.
- Exceeding necessity or prudence in expenditure; wasteful; prodigal; profuse: as, an extravagant purchase; an extravagant man.
- Synonyms and Inordinate, exorbitant, unconscionable, absurd.
- Extravagant, Profuse, Lavish, Wasteful, Prodigal, reckless. Extravagant and prodigal refer more often to habits or character, the others to acts. All apply to that which is immoderate or unreasonable in quantity or degree; wasteful to that which is injuriously so. One may be extravagant or wasteful with a small sum; it requires a large sum to enable one to be profuse, lavish, or prodigal. Lavish is stronger than profuse. Prodigal, perhaps from association with the prodigal son of Luke xv. 11-32, suggests most of immorality and reprobation. All these words have lighter figurative uses.
- Wandering beyond bounds or out of the regular course; straying.
- Exceeding just or reasonable limits; excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; lavish: as, the demands or desires of men are often extravagant; extravagant living or expenditure.
WASTEFUL vs EXTRAVAGANT: RELATED WORDS
- Wastage, Ineffective, Useless, Pointless, Costly, Unnecessary, Pound foolish, Prodigal, Uneconomic, Uneconomical, Destructive, Spendthrift, Extravagant, Profligate, Inefficient
- Extraordinary, Bizarre, Exorbitant, Fanciful, Flamboyant, Luxurious, Outlandish, Overweening, Prodigal, Unrestrained, Excessive, Spendthrift, Exuberant, Wasteful, Profligate
WASTEFUL vs EXTRAVAGANT: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Wastage, Ineffective, Useless, Pointless, Costly, Unnecessary, Pound foolish, Prodigal, Uneconomic, Uneconomical, Destructive, Spendthrift, Extravagant, Profligate, Inefficient
- Extraordinary, Bizarre, Exorbitant, Fanciful, Flamboyant, Luxurious, Outlandish, Overweening, Prodigal, Unrestrained, Excessive, Spendthrift, Exuberant, Wasteful, Profligate
WASTEFUL vs EXTRAVAGANT: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- United States under present wasteful legislation and administration.
- In what sense is a person does wasteful?
- This is wasteful and exacerbates the performance issues.
- CAPS were however wasteful in the second half.
- Promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.
- Inhumane, Ineffective, and Wasteful, Southern Poverty Law Center.
- Certain orthodox economists have criticized mining as wasteful.
- Such a partisan strategy is wasteful and polarizing.
- Politics seems very wasteful of time and money.
- FRUITLESS AND WASTEFUL EXPENDITUREThere was no fruitless or wasteful expenditure incurred during the period under review.
- Extravagant outfits or uniforms might cause photo rejection.
- Which what a strange extravagant dream it was.
- Known for extravagant enough by 1981, that figure.
- What right has he to be so extravagant?
- No imagination was too extravagant to receive credit.
- There was nothing extravagant about my experience whatsoever.
- Do you think it is modest or extravagant?
- Extravagant Hope is talking about prayer all month.
- An extravagant new vision demands an extravagant new poetic style.
- Baudealire, ca om, ca individ social, a fost extravagant, dar nu u015fi poet extravagant.
WASTEFUL vs EXTRAVAGANT: QUESTIONS
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- When does the Auditor General say fruitless and wasteful expenditure?
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- What is fruitless and wasteful expenditure under the MFMA?
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