squandersome

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English

Etymology

From squander +‎ -some.

Adjective

squandersome (comparative more squandersome, superlative most squandersome)

  1. Characterised or marked by squandering; wasteful
    • 1987, Frederik Pohl, Cyril M. Kornbluth, The Space Merchants:
      They could blast the ship to Venus in a few days — at so squandersome a fuel expenditure that ten ships couldn't carry it.
    • 2013, Jennifer Duggan, Village Magazine: China: the US circa 1970:
      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, Claudia Kolker, The Immigrant Advantage:
      I began finding it easy to change my minor but squandersome daily ways.