squandersome
squandersome adjective: characterised or marked by squandering; wasteful.
Adjective
squandersome (comparative more squandersome, superlative most squandersome)
- Characterised or marked by squandering; wasteful.
- They could blast the ship to Venus in a few days — at so squandersome a fuel expenditure that ten ships couldn't carry it.1987, Frederik Pohl, Cyril M. Kornbluth, The Space Merchants
- Worldwide, China is the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide, releasing around twice as much carbon per unit of energy produced as even the squandersome US.2013, Jennifer Duggan, Village Magazine: China: the US circa 1970
- Synonyms:
- frittersome
Synonyms of squandersome
Forms of squandersome
| comparative | more squandersome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most squandersome |
Origin of squandersome
From squander + -some.
Questions about squandersome
- What does squandersome mean?
- Squandersome means characterised or marked by squandering; wasteful.
- What part of speech is squandersome?
- Squandersome is an adjective.
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