もったいない

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of もったいない – see the following entry.
勿体無い
unworthy of (something); wasteful; sacrilegious
Alternative spelling
勿体ない
(This term, もったいない (mottainai), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)