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Wastefulness vs Thriftlessness - What's the difference?

wastefulness | thriftlessness | Synonyms |

Wastefulness is a synonym of thriftlessness.


As nouns the difference between wastefulness and thriftlessness

is that wastefulness is imprudent or excessive expenditure or the waste of resources while thriftlessness is property of being thriftless.

wastefulness

English

Noun

(wastefulness) (-)
  • imprudent or excessive expenditure or the waste of resources
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  • , year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Arsenal paid the price for that wastefulness when Chelsea took the lead after 14 minutes. Mata was afforded to much space by Santos and when the ponderous Per Mertesacker missed his cross Lampard timed his arrival perfectly to head past Wojciech Szczesny.}}

    thriftlessness

    English

    Noun

    (thriftlessnesses)
  • property of being thriftless
  • Synonyms

    * wastefulness