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How to pronounce “wasteful”
Hear “wasteful” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for wasteful
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of wasteful with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Why We Need to Rethink Fashion (w/ Diarra Bousso)
complicated system. It's very wasteful.
- Definition summary
- Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce wasteful
Why We Need to Rethink Fashion (w/ Diarra Bousso)

complicated system. It's very wasteful.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “wasteful”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
- (obsolete) Uninhabited, desolate.
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