wastefulness

Noun

• useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
  • if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste
    
  • mindless dissipation of natural resources
    

• the trait of wasting resources
  • a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
    
  • the wastefulness of missed opportunities
    

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• Synonyms: 
  waste , dissipation , thriftlessness