wastefully

/ˈweɪstfəli/ adv

In a wasteful manner.

Word Origin From Latin vastus 'empty, desolate' — waste originally meant a desolate, uninhabited place. Wastefully means using resources as if they were an empty wilderness, with no thought of conservation. The same root gives us devastate (to lay waste) and vast (huge, empty space).

adv In a wasteful manner.

He spent his inheritance wastefully on luxury cars and extravagant vacations.

(副词) 浪费地;挥霍地;铺张地

他挥霍无度地把遗产花在豪车和奢侈度假上。

(adverbio) derrochadoramente; despilfarradamente; en forma de despilfarro [De manera derrochadora.]

Gastó su herencia de forma derrochadora en autos de lujo y vacaciones extravagantes.

(adverbe) gaspilleusement; de manière gaspilleuse; prodigement [De manière gaspilleuse, en utilisant plus de ressources qu'il n'est nécessaire.]

Il a dépensé son héritage wastefully en voitures de luxe et en vacances extravagantes.

(Adverb) verschwendend; verschwenderisch [Auf eine Weise, die Ressourcen, Zeit oder Geld unnötig oder verschwenderisch verbraucht.]

Er gab sein Erbe **wastefully** für Luxusautos und extravagante Urlaube aus.

(副詞) 無駄が多い方法で。浪費的に。

彼は受け継いだ遺産を、高級車や贅沢な旅行に浪費してあっという間に使い果たした。

(advérbio) desperdiçadoramente; esbanjadoramente; de forma perdulária [De maneira esbanjadora; de forma desperdiçadora.]

Ele gastou sua herança de forma esbanjadora em carros de luxo e férias extravagantes.

Word parts: waste + ful + ly

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