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The trait of wasting resources
Answer for the clue "The trait of wasting resources ", 14 letters:
thriftlessness
Word definitions for thriftlessness in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities" [syn: waste , wastefulness ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thriftless \Thrift"less\, a. Without thrift; not prudent or prosperous in money affairs. -- Thrift"less*ly , adv. -- Thrift"less*ness , n.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. property of being thriftless
Usage examples of thriftlessness.
Thorle was primed with an ample succession of stories and themes, chiefly concerning poverty, thriftlessness, reclamation, reformed characters, and so forth, which carried him in an almost uninterrupted sequence through the remainder of the dinner.
Sidney, you remember that man we once went to hear lecture, the man that talked of nothing but the thriftlessness of the poor, and how it was their own fault they suffered?
Thrift and thriftlessness mean the same thing in this town, where I noticed that even Nonconformist chapels, with broken windows, had been left to the rats and birds.