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  • 1wasteful — [[t]we͟ɪstfʊl[/t]] ADJ GRADED Action that is wasteful uses too much of something valuable such as time, money, or energy. This kind of training is ineffective, and wasteful of scarce resources... Try to avoid wasteful duplication of effort.… …

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  • 2wasteful — Synonyms and related words: baneful, calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, consuming, consumptive, deadly, demolishing, demolitionary, depredatory, desolating, destroying, destructive, devastating, disastrous, dissipative, doomful,… …

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  • 3wasteful — UK [ˈweɪs(t)f(ə)l] / US [ˈweɪs(t)fəl] adjective using something carelessly, so that some of it is wasted Derived words: wastefully adverb wastefulness noun uncountable …

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  • 4frugal — thrifty, economical, *sparing Analogous words: *careful, meticulous: provident, prudent, discreet (see under PRUDENCE): saving, preserving, conserving (see SAVE): parsimonious, cheeseparing, penny pinching (see STINGY) Antonyms: wasteful… …

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  • 5Nicomachean Ethics — Part of a series on Aristotle …

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  • 6Criticism of capitalism — This article lists arguments against capitalism, For a summary of ideologies opposed to capitalism, see Anti capitalism. Part of a series on Capitalism …

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  • 7France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 8Critique of capitalism — Capitalism has been critiqued from many perspectives during its history. Criticisms range from people who disagree with the principles of capitalism in its entirety, to those who disagree with particular outcomes of capitalism. Among those… …

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  • 9Mottainai — Gleaning of The Gleaners represents one aspect of mottainai (Jean François Millet, 1857). Mottainai (もったいない, 勿体無い …

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  • 10dā : dǝ- and dāi- : dǝi- : dī̆- —     dā : dǝ and dāi : dǝi : dī̆     English meaning: to share, divide     Deutsche Übersetzung: “teilen, zerschneiden, zerreißen”     Grammatical information: originally athemat. Wurzelpräsens.     Material: O.Ind. dü ti, dyáti “clips, cuts,… …

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